July 1, 2021

Glencore appoints Paarth Vaish to head its Indian oil gas business

Since November 2018 Vaish has been Glencore's Business Development Manager for Asia.

June 30, 2021

Myanmar army tightens grip on lucrative jade sector

Myanmar produces about 70% of the world's jade, but the industry is plagued by conflict, corruption and environmentally destructive practices.

June 29, 2021

Sumitomo Metal sees global nickel demand for battery use to rise 18% in 2021

Company said demand of nickel used in rechargeable batteries will increase to 228,000 tonnes in 2021 from 193,000 tonnes in 2020.

June 28, 2021

Green copper demand to average 13% annual growth over next 10 years – report

The two most important areas of green copper demand growth are renewable energy and vehicle electrification.

June 25, 2021

Hanrui Cobalt applies for HK listing to fund expansion

Company is one of China's biggest producers of the metal and is building new facilities in the southern Chinese city of Ganzhou to produce 10,000 tonnes per year of cobalt…

June 25, 2021

ANIMATION: Top 20 gold producing countries – 2020

Global gold production fell by 3.8 million ounces in 2020 as covid-related disruptions in South America more than offset gains in Russia and West Africa.

June 24, 2021

Asia’s richest man to plow $10 billion into green energy

Mukesh Ambani has unveiled an ambitious push into clean energy over three years.

June 24, 2021

Baowu and Vale to invest in Indonesian nickel project

Companies will make stainless steel raw material nickel pig iron in Sulawesi.

June 24, 2021

Indonesia drawing plans to restrict nickel pig iron, ferronickel smelters

The country is currently the biggest producer of the two crude metals, and a restriction on more smelters coming online could hit Chinese stainless steel producers.

June 23, 2021

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala buys 2.6% of Russia’s En+ Group

En+ Group owns 56.9% in aluminium producer Rusal.