Rinehart may block SQM $1bn takeover of Azure Minerals

To the southeast of the teeming herds of wildlife in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, an offshoot of the Lundin mining dynasty is extending its search for the world’s biggest diamonds.

A lengthy strike at its South African gold mines and flooding at its US platinum operations impacted production.

Trafigura Group is in talks to buy aluminum from United Co. Rusal International.

By now, there are about 120,000 tons of copper and around 12,500 tons of cobalt stuck waiting to leave the country.

The automaker has its eye on one of the world’s bigger underdeveloped copper deposits in Argentina’s San Juan province.

Company will focus on getting its Kalgoorlie plant operational amid concerns its Malaysian facility will have to be partly wound down.

Vale said its output of high-grade agglomerates is set to reach 50 million to 55 million tonnes in 2026, up from 32 million in 2022.

Car companies are making inroads into the mining industry to lock in supplies of much-needed materials, putting them in direct competition with large, deal-hungry metals producers.

Kumba Iron Ore wants to lease the line from Transnet or run it on a concession basis.