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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…

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…

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…

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

ABB, Hitachi to develop GHG-reducing solutions

The companies plan to apply ABB’s electrification, automation and digital…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 31, 2021 | 6:08 am

Six years after Fukushima, robots finally find reactors’ melted uranium fuel

After three days of carefully navigating through a shattered reactor building, the Manbo finally reached the heavily damaged Unit 3 reactor.

New York Times | November 19, 2017 | 5:15 pm

Hong Kong taking on Singapore for iron ore trading dominance

Last week Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing started trading iron ore futures.

Andrew Topf | November 19, 2017 | 4:52 pm

Mystery of inflation and gold

A Sunshine Profits analysis of the impact of and factors contributing to inflation on the gold market.

Sunshine Profits | November 17, 2017 | 2:10 pm

Asia Gold-India prices flip to discount as wedding demand underwhelms

Gold prices in India traded at a discount for the first time in six weeks as the key wedding season failed to spur fresh demand.

Reuters | November 17, 2017 | 1:10 pm

Burning more coal to cut pollution – India’s distressing dilemma: Russell

India’s New Delhi banned the burning of petroleum coke on Nov. 1, part of measures aimed at curbing air pollution, which last week reached 10 times the recommended limits.

Reuters | November 16, 2017 | 6:12 am