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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Europe] Weighed down by persistently slow and subdued trading activity, European hot-rolled coil (HRC) prices faced broad downward pressure. Currently, buyers are heavily focused on assessing ...

Atmos Renewables has reached financial close on the 400 MW/1,600 MWh Teebar battery project in Queensland and the 470 MW Parron Maam Marang wind farm in Western Australia, both backed by ...

The European Commission has added the DEPLOY project to its cross-border renewable energy list, covering a planned 180 MW combination of solar and wind generation in Gubin, Poland, with ...