Metals

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

Chinese state-controlled mining company MMG suspended its cobalt processing plant at the Kinsevere mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shortly after …

Metal

Adriatic Metals Raises $50M to Fast-Track Vares Silver Project in Bosnia

The fund will support production growth at the Rupice Mine in Bosnia and Herzegovina.UK-based exploration and development company Adriatic Metals has received f…

Metal

Vale, Cyclone Metals Sign $138M Development Agreement for Canada’s Iron Bear Project

The project contains iron ore resources of 16.6bt at 29.3% iron.Australian miner Cyclone Metals has signed a binding commercial agreement with Brazilian mining …

Metal

Tropical Cyclone Zelia Forms off Australia’s Major Iron Ore Hub

Australia’s Port Hedland, the world’s largest bulk-export terminal, handles cargoes for BHP, Roy hill, and Fortescue Metals .A tropical cyclone has …

Oil Field

New U.S. Metals Tariffs to Drive up Oilfield Equipment Costs, Championx Exec Says

Oil pump jacks work at sunset near Midland, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019.ChampionX (CHX.O), expects new U.S. import tariffs on steel and aluminium to drive up e…

Metal

Trump to Announce 25% Steel and Aluminum Tariffs in Latest Trade Escalation

Donald Trump, 47th President of the United States.US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will announce on Monday new 25% tariffs on all steel and alum…

Metal

El Salvador President Proposes Bill to Overturn Metals Mining Ban

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 he…

United States

The Coming Critical Minerals Trade War Is Brics Short of a Load

The incoming Trump administration’s threat of tariffs has muddied the already cloudy outlook for mining and metals in 2025.Chinese retaliation has been sw…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Study Finds Recycling Battery Metals Could Supply Up to a Quarter of Europe’s Electric Cars by 2030

Recycling could enable Europe to cut its reliance on EV battery mineral imports by up to a quarter by the end of the decade, a new study finds. Materials from e…

Electrolyzer

XINTC – A Groundbreaking Dutch Electrolyser Design Is Now Poised for Global Deployment

XINTC, a Dutch initiative funded entirely by private Dutch investments, has unveiled a revolutionary electrolyser design featuring an all-plastic gas module (st…

Hydrogen Project

Heraeus Expands Hydrogen Portfolio With Actydon Product Line

Heraeus Precious Metals has unveiled Actydon, its new hydrogen systems brand, featuring platinum, iridium, ruthenium and loop technology.The German firm has div…

United States

Copper Drops as Dollar Strengthens on Trump Lead in US Election

Copper fell along with most metals, weighed down by a rise in the dollar as Donald Trump took an early lead in the US election.The Associated Press called North…

CCS

MOL to Investigate Ship Transportation of LCO2 for Kyushu West Offshore CCS Project

As informed, the research is commissioned by the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) as the Engineering Design Work for Advanced CCS Proj…

Energy Storage Project

Sibanye-Stillwater Gets up to €500M in Funding to Develop Keliber Lithium Project

Sibanye-Stillwater secures funding of €500m for the Keliber lithium project. (Credit: Sibanye-Stillwater)Precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater …

Geothermal Power Project

JOGMEC Announces Subsidies for Six Geothermal Power Projects in Japan

Minami Kayabe geothermal power plant in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan (source: ORIX Corporation)The Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) has a…