Deep-sea mining may disrupt whale communication, study finds Noises produced by mining the seabed could interfere with whales' ability to communicate with one another. Reuters | February 14, 2023 | 6:57 am
Vale acquires Oman’s OQ 30% stake in Vale Oman OQ, formerly known as Oman Oil Company, bought the stake from Vale in 2010. Reuters | February 14, 2023 | 6:49 am
BYD to build $1.2bn EV battery plant in central China The Chinese company's battery unit is aiming to build a facility with the capacity to produce 40 gigawatt hours per year of its Blade Battery. Reuters | February 13, 2023 | 7:21 pm
Lynas’ Malaysia rare earths plant faces part closure as regulator keeps curbs Lynas will need to close the cracking and leaching part of its rare earths processing plant if the conditions are not removed before July 1. Reuters | February 13, 2023 | 2:38 pm
Freeport-McMoRan cuts forecast after floods damage Indonesia’s Grasberg mine Freeport now expects its Q1 sales to be lower than the previous outlook of 900 million pounds of copper and 300,000 ounces of gold. Reuters | February 13, 2023 | 11:13 am
France grants loan to Eramet’s SLN nickel unit to avert collapse The French government has agreed to grant a 40 million euro loan to SLN. Reuters | February 13, 2023 | 9:57 am
Gold miners may see margins shine as energy, labor costs edge lower All-in sustaining costs (AISC) jumped by a third in the last four quarters at top miners Barrick and Newmont. Reuters | February 13, 2023 | 9:21 am
Freeport Indonesia suspends some work at Grasberg mine after floods The situation was under control, but the company gave no estimate of when operations would resume. Reuters | February 12, 2023 | 8:27 am
Nornickel 2022 core profit down as sales drop Nornickel is the world's largest producer of palladium and refined nickel. Reuters | February 10, 2023 | 8:35 am
Vale Indonesia breaks ground on $2.5 billion ferronickel smelter The Bahodopi project will produce ferronickel with 73,000-80,000 tonnes of nickel content per year, Vale said. Reuters | February 10, 2023 | 7:41 am
Column: US tariffs on Russian aluminum risk more market fracture Russian producers of industrial metals have largely evaded the official sanctions net since the invasion of Ukraine. Reuters | February 10, 2023 | 4:02 am
Usiminas results hurt by $321.3m steelmaking impairment In 2022, Usiminas sold 8.64 million tonnes of iron ore. Reuters | February 10, 2023 | 3:44 am