Nickel Industries Making Money in Weak Market
Nickel Industries holds an 10% interest in the Huayue Nickel Cobalt HPAL project Wedoany.com Report-Feb 9, In a market that has seen few winners in recent years, Australia’s Nickel Industries (...
Seven Bidders Battle for Chile’s Lithium Mining Contracts
SQM lithium mining operations in Chile’s north. Wedoany.com Report-Feb 7, Chile has wrapped up the initial phase of its efforts to award special lithium operation contracts (Ceols) to private c...
Barrick’s Gold Reserves Rise in 2024 on Reko Diq Project
Barrick Gold’s Reko Diq project in Pakistan. Wedoany.com Report-Feb 7, Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX) overall proven and probable gold reserves jumped 23% to 17.4 million ounces ...
British Columbia Fast-Tracks 18 Mining and Energy Projects After US Tariff Threat
The projects include four mines, three energy security projects and 11 BC Hydro clean energy ventures, mainly focusing on wind power. Wedoany.com Report-Feb 7, The Government of British Columbia in C...
Steel Melting Industry Facing Existential Crisis Due to High Energy Costs: PSMA
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 28, The Pakistan Steel Melters Association (PSMA) has sounded the alarm on the crippling impact of high energy costs on the steel melting industry. The association has urged th...
Australian Government Pledges $1.24 Billion in Green Aluminium Push
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 20, Australias Labor government on Monday pledged A$2 billion ($1.24 billion) in production credits to help support the countrys four aluminium smelters switch to renewable pow...
Weighing the Green Cost: How Nickel Mining in Indonesia Impacts Forests and Local Communities
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 19, Indonesia produced nearly four times the amount of nickel in recent years compared to a decade earlier — following the global push for a low-carbon revolution that drives t...
Superlarge Rare-Earth Deposit Discovered in SW China’s Yunnan, With Potential Resources Reaching 1.15 Million Tons
Experts from the China Geological Survey work on-site at the rare-earth mineral deposit in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Wedoany.com Report-Jan 17, A superlarge ion-adsorption-type rare-ea...
Superlarge Rare-Earth Deposit Discovered in SW China’s Yunnan, With Potential Resources Reaching 1.15 Million Tons
Experts from the China Geological Survey work on-site at the rare-earth mineral deposit in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Wedoany.com Report-Jan 17, A superlarge ion-adsorption-type rare-ea...
Rio Tinto, Glencore Discuss Potential Combination in Mining’s Biggest-Ever Deal
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 17, Rio Tinto Group and Glencore Plc have been discussing combining their businesses, which if successful would rank as the largest-ever mining deal and create a behemoth to ri...
Auking Grants Resource Mining Option to Acquire JV Projects in Saudi Arabia
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 14, AuKing Mining has signed a binding term sheet with Resource Mining to grant the latter an option to acquire all of its interests in its joint venture (JV) projects in Saudi ...
Milestone for Rinehart’s Lithium Play in Auto Heartland
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 13, A "pit to battery" lithium and renewable energy project backed by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart is conquering carbon in the industrial heartland of Europe. ASX-listed...
Vizsla to Acquire Rand Copper-Gold Claims at Woodjam Project in Canada
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 9, Vizsla Copper has entered into a purchase agreement with Siyata Mobile to acquire a 49% joint venture (JV) interest in Siyata Mobile in five claims, which are part of the Woo...
China’s Zijin Plans Lithium Production in Congo From Early 2026
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 7,China’s Zijin Mining Group Co. aims to start producing lithium in the Democratic Republic of Congo early next year from one of the world’s largest deposits of the ...
Iron Ore Price Rebounds on Improving Steel Margins, Falling Portside Stocks
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 03,Iron ore futures prices rebounded on Monday, helped by improving steel margins, falling portside stocks and stimulus hopes in top consumer China, although gains were limited ...
China to Cut Import Tariffs on Some Recycled Copper and Aluminum Raw Materials
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 02,China will reduce import tariffs on ethane and certain recycled copper and aluminum raw materials from next year, the government said on Saturday. The Ministry of Finance ann...
China’s November Net Gold Imports via Hong Kong Hit Seven-Month High
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 01,China’s net gold imports via Hong Kong in November more than doubled from October, marking the highest level in seven months, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department...
China Smelter Group Agrees to Lower Q1 Copper Charges
Wedoany.com Report-Jan 01,China’s top copper smelters agreed to price guidance for processing charges in the first quarter of 2025 that was lower than this quarter’s guidance, industry sou...
Iron Ore Price Reverses to Losses as Weakening China Steel Consumption Drags
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 30,Iron ore futures prices fell on Thursday, reversing from earlier gains, with weakening downstream steel consumption dampening sentiment and investors hungry for clues on deta...
India Sets Six-Month Import Cap on Key Steelmaking Ingredient Met Coke
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 30,India will impose restrictions on the import of low-ash metallurgical coke, a key steelmaking ingredient, for six months starting January 1, 2025, a government order said on ...
Mongolia Reaches Deal for $1.6 Billion Uranium Mine With France’s Orano
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 30,Mongolia said on Friday it had reached a preliminary agreement with France’s Orano Mining Group to develop a long-anticipated uranium mining project worth $1.6 billion....
Lithium Americas and GM Close Joint Venture for Thacker Pass Mine
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 29,Lithium Americas said on Monday it has closed its joint venture with US automaker General Motors to develop the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada. The miner’s CEO, Jo...
Nigeria Resumes Mining in Zamfara State on Improved Security
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 29,Nigeria has lifted a ban on mining exploration in the northwestern state of Zamfara after a five-year suspension, the mining minister said, citing improved security. Mining a...
China’s 2025 Steel Demand to Fall 1.5% on Year, State Research Institute Says
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 27,China’s steel demand is forecast to fall 1.5% in 2025 and drop 4.4% in 2024 from the year before, the state-backed China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research In...
El Salvador President Proposes Bill to Overturn Metals Mining Ban
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 27,El Salvador’s Congress will begin debating a bill on Saturday from President Nayib Bukele that would overturn a 2017 national ban on metals mining, the head of the pres...
Iron Ore Rises on Pre-holiday Restocking, China Stimulus Hopes
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 27,Iron ore futures prices gained for a second straight session on Tuesday, supported by pre-holiday restocking by steelmakers in top consumer China and revived hopes of stimulu...
President Biden to Decide Fate of Nippon Steel’s $15BN Bid for US Steel
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 27,Nippon Steel’s $15 billion bid for US Steel has been referred to US President Joe Biden, a White House spokesman said, giving the president 15 days to decide on a tie u...
The Coming Critical Minerals Trade War Is Brics Short of a Load
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 27,The incoming Trump administration’s threat of tariffs has muddied the already cloudy outlook for mining and metals in 2025. Chinese retaliation has been swift, imposing...
Progress of Projects Such as the Orient Polymetallic Mine in Australia
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 27,Iltani Resources has seen high-grade mineralization at the Orient East silver indium project in northern Queensland, which had previously seen the highest grade mineralizatio...
Government Inquiry Recommends Lifting Swedish Uranium Ban
Wedoany.com Report-Dec 24,Sweden should remove its prohibition on uranium mining to allow it to be exploited like other natural resources regulated under the Minerals Act, a government inquiry has con...