Thailand has recently tightened safety and quality requirements for crystalline silicon PV modules, requiring products sold in the local market to comply with relevant Thai Industrial Standards ...

Labor negotiations at Antofagasta Minerals’ Centinela copper mine have reached a critical stage after mandatory mediation ended without an agreement on October 6. The Minera Esperanza and ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a 36-month nationwide airborne geophysical and geological mapping programme aimed at expanding national geoscientific coverage from 22.27% to ...

Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery continues to rely on spot-market natural gas after CELBA disrupted contracted supplies, with Hydro expecting a $90–110 million Q4 cost impact ...

Russia’s Raspadskaya PJSC has suspended production at its largest coking coal mine following a fire in a dismantling chamber on September 30. All 305 miners were evacuated, with no ...

UK steel faces an unavoidable EAF transition. On Western European cost benchmarks, scrap-based EAF already beats blast furnace steelmaking — cheaper and faster to build, set to gain from ...

Japan has announced additions to its export ban list against Russia, with steel products included among the newly listed categories. The move further tightens Tokyo's existing sanctions ...

Indonesia] Slab prices remain at USD 490/tonne FOB today. Some Indonesian mills have raised their HRC prices in response to local market conditions and slab prices, but the impact on the ...

Tata Steel plans to add around 5 million tonnes/year of steelmaking capacity at its Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) facility in Kalinganagar, Odisha with an investment of around INR 40,000 cr, ...

Rubaya’s coltan industry shows how mineral wealth can sustain livelihoods while under conflict. This study traces the mining district’s ownership, formalisation efforts and M23’s takeover, ...

India Domestic] India’s domestic prices were mostly stable on Oct 6 with only a few prices edged up across key markets. Market activity remained moderate. Unscheduled power cuts in several ...

SMM Gold Flash] Afaq Mining has identified a deposit containing about 305,000 ounces of gold at the West Gabal Elba concession in Egypt’s southeastern desert, chairman Mostafa Elbahr told ...