Australia and Vietnam upgrade relations, to begin talks on critical minerals

Indian exports jumped 170% to 44 million tons last year — most of which went to China.

Fund managers have been scaling up short positions on zinc, betting that this year's weakest base metals price performer has further downside.

A debate about protecting strategic resources in Mongolia risks delaying the finalization of the agreement until after elections in June.

The complication for Nippon Steel is that regulators may look unfavorably on whether its acquisition of US Steel could allow more access to US markets for Chinese-sourced steel.

The move comes after China tightened export rules for graphite used for EVs in December.

Italian-Thai Development Pcl is considering selling its 90% stake in Asia Pacific Potash Corp., which has mining rights in Thailand.

Myanmar's Wa state has placed a tax in kind of 30% on all tin concentrate exports.

China’s overseas investment in metals and mining as part of its Belt and Road Initiative surged by 158% last year, hitting $19.4 billion with energy transition metals the main focus.

Whitehaven in January said it was exploring a potential sell-down of about 20% of its Blackwater mine.