Vale (NYSE: VALE) has reached two separate agreements to sell a total 13% stake in its transition metals business for $3.4 billion, aiming to boost its copper and nickel output. The deals would value the company’s base metals unit, Vale Base Metals (VBM), at ...

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. started production at what is set to turn into Africa’s biggest nickel mine, furthering Zambia’s aim of becoming a key supplier of battery metals for the electric vehicle revolution.

Iron-ore major Fortescue has reported record iron-ore shipments for the full year ended June following a strong June quarter.

China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said on Tuesday it will invest in a $200 million nickel sulfate project in Indonesia, expanding its production of the key battery raw material.

Rio Tinto is the first of the global iron ore majors expected to report lower half-year earnings from this week, as supply chains normalize after Covid-19 and attention turns to how suppliers to China’s steelmaking industry see customer demand.

Kumba Iron Ore achieved a solid operational and financial performance for the six months ended June 30, despite ongoing logistics constraints and weak global steel demand impacting on iron-ore markets, while continuing to drive for zero harm and the eliminatio...

JSW Steel is on the lookout for coal assets globally as the tycoon Sajjan Jindal-led mill seeks to tie up raw material supplies for its expansions in India.

Pacific Nickel Mines (ASX: PNM) has submitted a notice for the final US$19 million of a US$22 million loan from mining giant Glencore to help develop its Kolosori Nickel Project in the Solomon Islands.