The companies are to study the development of a high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) plant in Weda Bay, Indonesia.

Minister told Reuters last month that "there is a really good chance" that companies will want to invest in Indonesian nickel processing to cut costs.

Vedanta plans to use the money to finance a buyback offer for $670 million of notes maturing in June 2021.

North Korea jump-started coal exports after shutting down almost all shipments during the first few months of the year while it sought to block the spread of the coronavirus.

Oyu Tolgoi is one of the world's largest-known copper and gold deposits.

Shareholders of India’s largest bank are raising concerns about a proposed loan to Adani Enterprises Ltd. to help fund the opening of the controversial Carmichael coal mine in northern Australia.

Japan Gold signed a JV for three mining rights licenses that adjoin the Barrick Alliance Mizobe-Onoyama project.