Base Metals
Adventus, Salazar get key permit for Ecuadorean copper-gold project
Canadian mining companies Adventus Mining and Salazar Resources have secured a positive Certificate of No Affect of Water by the…
MRG to form JV with Wickbury for REE project in Zimbabwe
MRG Metals, an Australia-based mineral exploration company, has signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Wickbury Investments to form…
Thyssenkrupp in discussions to offload stake in steel unit
German industrial group Thyssenkrupp is in negotiations with Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky to divest a 50% stake in its steel…
Atlas Materials secures $27m for new nickel processing technology for EV batteries
US-based critical minerals company Atlas Materials has raised $27m for its new technology that enables the processing of low-grade nickel…
Glencore traded 5,000 tonnes of Russian copper via Turkey: report
Swiss multinational commodity trading company Glencore purchased some 5,000 tonnes (t) of Russian copper routed through Turkey to Italy in…
Glencore to pause funding for troubled nickel plant in New Caledonia
Glencore has decided to halt funding for the Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS) business from the end of February 2024. The…
Buenassa plans to build $350m copper-cobalt smelter in Congo
Privately held Congolese company Buenassa is planning to build a copper-cobalt smelter in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with…
Vale, Brazil’s Port of Açu team up for low-carbon steel production
Vale has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Port of Açu Operações, a deep-sea port complex, to assess…
Pan American Silver sells projects in Argentina and Peru
Pan American Silver has closed the sale of its 56.25% interest in the MARA copper-gold project in Argentina and its…
FPX Nickel signs MoU to strengthen battery supply chain
FPX Nickel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese companies to bolster the battery metal supply chain with…