The Philippines is eager to expand economic cooperation with the United States, particularly in critical minerals and production of battery components, Philippines Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo said on Friday.
Asian Battery Minerals (ABM), which was a participant in the 2023 BHP Xplor accelerator program and is targeting potential nickel deposits in Mongolia, joined forces with Getech, a locator of subsurface resources, and just completed an initial round of explora...
Indonesia will allow mining production plans to stay valid for three years with immediate effect, according to rules made public on Thursday, as it looks to beef up efficiency in quota approvals.
The global nickel market had a surplus of 28,600 metric tons in July, compared with a surplus of 15,900 tons in the same month last year, data from the International Nickel Study Group (INSG) showed on Thursday.
The Philippines’ two biggest nickel producers are planning to invest about $1-billion each to build processing plants, the companies’ top executives said, boosting the government’s push to develop the Southeast Asian nation’s downstream mineral industry.