3+ hour, 59+ min ago   (151+ words) The chief minister of the Indian state of Jharkhand has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider a bill that would restrict states’ ability to levy charges on mining activities. Soren said that mining revenue accounted for 84.9% of Jharkhand’s own…...

44+ min ago   (154+ words) India’s parliament on Thursday passed a bill that will restrict state governments from imposing new taxes, cesses or other levies on mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands unless permitted under conditions set by the federal government. The bill aims to create…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (306+ words) The Indonesian government will grant additional nickel ore production quotas selectively and only to smelters that are running low on raw materials, an industry association said on Thursday, as the market awaited clarity on how this year’s quotas would be…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (298+ words) Chile will reinvest all of state-owned copper miner Codelco’s 2025 profits into the company, Mining Minister Daniel Mas said on Monday, boosting funding for a producer grappling with a heavy debt load and the costly task of overhauling aging mines. Codelco,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (246+ words) Mining investor TechMet said on Monday it would form a U.S. subsidiary as part of a push to attract more capital from public and private partners for critical minerals projects. Dublin-based TechMet, which counts the U.S. government as a major shareholder, said…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (244+ words) More workers joined a strike at BHP’s Port Hedland operations in Western Australia on Sunday, a union spokesperson said, in the first major industrial action at the ‌iron ore export hub in a quarter-century. On the second of the planned…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (362+ words) State-run Hindustan Copper HCPR.NS plans to sell copper concentrate produced by mines it is acquiring from Chile’s Codelco to Hindalco HALC.NS and Adani, aiming to meet India’s growing appetite for the red metal, two sources familiar with the…...

4+ day, 26+ min ago   (317+ words) Iron ore prices eased on Monday, as downbeat factory-gate data in top consumer China fueled worry over demand prospects for the key steelmaking ingredient, although a strike at a major export hub in Australia curbed some of the decline. The…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (275+ words) Industrial action at BHP’s (ASX: BHP) Port Hedland operations in Western Australia began on Saturday, marking the first major strike there in more than two decades. BHP ships some $80 million of iron ore daily through Port Hedland, the world’s biggest…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (210+ words) Chinese battery maker CATL’s Jianxiawo lithium mine remains pending environmental approval, state media reported on Friday. The mine, in the city of Yichun in Jiangxi Province, is also undergoing maintenance, and no ore transportation or crushing is taking place, Shanghai…...