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Saudi Arabia aims to become leader in sustainable mining

With 17% of the world's proven petroleum reserves, the kingdom is seeking to explore what it calls a vast, new, and largely untapped minerals super-region stretching from Africa to Central Asia.

Bruno Venditti | December 2, 2022 | 11:23 am

Jokowi points to Taiwan, South Korea as models in rebuke of West

As part of his efforts to bolster growth in Indonesia,…

Bloomberg News | December 2, 2022 | 7:42 am

Chinese nickel producer Lygend Resources debuts in Hong Kong

The Chinese nickel producer is the first among eight newcomers…

Bloomberg News | December 1, 2022 | 7:56 am

WTO backs EU in nickel dispute; Indonesia plans appeal

The EU launched its initial complaint in November 2019 against…

Reuters | November 30, 2022 | 8:02 am

Australian battery metal players key to South Korea’s EV ambition

The Asian country controls a third of the $46 billion…

Reuters | November 30, 2022 | 7:12 am

ESG turns this metals stock into winner

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings surged 18% in the March quarter to become the best performer on Malaysia’s benchmark stock index.

Bloomberg News | April 2, 2021 | 1:21 pm

Japanese copper smelter output seen falling despite demand recovery

Japan's output of refined copper in the first half of the 2021/22 financial year is expected to fall 1.9%.

Reuters | April 2, 2021 | 8:52 am

Coal India’s shipments sink to four-year low amid covid crisis

The state-run miner sold 573.8 million tons of coal during the period, 1.3% less than a year earlier.

Bloomberg News | April 2, 2021 | 8:39 am

Home: China’s aluminum imports underpin physical premium surge

Even the world’s largest producer - China - seems to be running short of aluminum.

Reuters | April 1, 2021 | 8:00 am

Japan’s Mitsui Mining expects 9.5% rise in H1 zinc output

Company plans to produce 109,100 tonnes of refined zinc in the first half of the 2021/22 financial year that started this month.

Reuters | April 1, 2021 | 7:48 am

DBS co-leads $625m finance deal in Indonesia battery metals project

The project by PT Halmahera Persada Lygend (PT HPAL) is expected to be the first smelter in Indonesia to use high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) technology to produce nickel and cobalt chemicals.

Reuters | April 1, 2021 | 7:34 am

DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining

Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2021 | 7:25 am

Vedanta plans to build a new $1.4bn copper plant

Company is scouting for locations to set up a new copper smelter in India as its plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has remained shuttered for close to three years.

Bloomberg News | March 31, 2021 | 8:28 am

Ok Tedi resumes operations after covid-19 shutdown

Ramp-up to full production is expected to take up to two weeks.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 31, 2021 | 8:20 am

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