Category: Geology, Mining, and Metallurgy

China January-February iron ore imports hit by Australia weather-related disruptions

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 7, Chinas iron ore imports in the first two months of 2025 fell by 8.4% from the same period a year earlier, curbed by weather-related supply disruption in major producer Austra...

2025-03-07

Lundin Mining to Option Michigan Nickel-Copper Targets From Talon Metals

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 7, Lundin Mining has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Talon Metals to negotiate an earn-in agreement for the potential acquisition of up to a 70% interest in the Bould...

2025-03-07

Rio Tinto Completes $6.7bn Arcadium Lithium Acquisition

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 7, Rio Tinto has completed the acquisition of US-based Arcadium Lithium for $6.7bn after the scheme of arrangement was sanctioned by the Royal Court of Jersey. Rio Tinto Lithium...

2025-03-07

China’s MMG Suspends Operations at New DRC Plant After Year-Long Cobalt Slump

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 7, Chinese state-controlled mining company MMG suspended its cobalt processing plant at the Kinsevere mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shortly after its opening du...

2025-03-07

Copper Prices Surge as Trump Signals 25% Tariff on Imports

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 6, Copper prices jumped by more than 5% in New York — leaping further above other global benchmarks — as US President Donald Trump suggested imports of the metal could be subj...

2025-03-06

Uzbekistan Notes Growth in Metallurgical Industry Output

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 6, The output of Uzbekistans metallurgical industry totaled 14.1 trillion soums ($1.09 billion) in January 2025. The data obtained from the countrys statistics agency showed tha...

2025-03-06

Marula Mining Subsidiary Inks Manganese Ore Sale Deal with Baosteel

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 6, Africa-focused mining and development company Marula Mining’s subsidiary Muchai Mining Kenya has entered a contract with Baosteel Resources South Africa for the purchas...

2025-03-06

Oceanagold’s Waihi North Project Seeks Fast-Track Approvals in New Zealand

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 6, Canada-based gold and copper producer OceanaGold has submitted an application for fast-track approvals for its Waihi North Project (WNP), a proposed underground mining projec...

2025-03-06

China Announces Plans for Steel Output Cuts to Help Restructure Industry

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 5, China will restructure its giant steel industry through output cuts, although it did not announce any target in its most recent intervention to address overcapacity in the se...

2025-03-05

PDAC 2025: SMRs to Help Decarbonise Mining in Canada

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 5, Small modular reactors (SMRs) are expected to help decarbonise mining operations in Canada, according to speakers at PDAC 2025 in Toronto. Ontario’s Minister of Energy ...

2025-03-05