"We are very strong on nickel fundamentals," chief sustainability and corporate affairs officer Emily Olson told the CERAWeek energy conference.

The country produced over 99.8 million tonnes of coal in the period on the back of rising power demand.

The miners were trapped on Monday by a rock fall at the Pioneer gold mine, one of Russia's largest.

The shaft was forecast to produce an average of 54,000 platinum group metal ounces in 2024.

The new figures come after a 17% drop in output from MMG's Las Bambas mine and a 13.4% fall from Freeport-McMoRan's Cerro Verde mine.

A cyclone disrupted operations at its Groote Eylandt Mining unit.

LG Energy alleges that Sigma is in breach of certain provisions in connection to a lithium supply agreement entered in 2021.

Rio is working to begin production by the end of the year at Rincon.

Any increase in cobalt holdings would be aimed at reducing reliance on China, which dominates the processing of the material.

Volcan said it would suspend its operations in the San Cristobal, Carahuacra and Ticlio mines for up to 30 days as it works on updating an operating permit for its Rumichaca tailings dam.

The lithium supply chain is maturing but the metal's pricing seems trapped at the early development stage.

The Saudi hub would service the Middle East, North and East Africa regions.