Although the government has permitted PT Freeport Indonesia to export concentrate for the next eight months, while both parties continue negotiations, the cooper and gold miner has not made preparations to export its product.

Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP), which is composed of the country’s biggest miners, will contest the order of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez to impose additional trust fund for suspended mining companies.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]India is poised to emerge as the second largest producer of steel (in the world) by 2018, steel minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has said.

Thursday 30 March 2017 12.49 BST Last modified on Thursday 30 March 2017 14.25 BST. El Salvador has made history after becoming the first country in the world to ban metal mining.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Nucor Corp. has announced its decision to invest $85 million to upgrade the rolling mill at its Marion, Ohio steel mill. The investment is expected to add additional 15 jobs to the existing 265 jobs at the plant located in 912 Cheney Ave. Th...

Indonesia's state-owned miner Aneka Tambang (Antam) ANTM.JK has been granted an initial approval to export up to 2.7 million tonnes of nickel ore over the next 12 months, a mining ministry official said on Wednesday.

Mines shared by Tianma Group and Dinagat has been exploited comprehensively, with 130,000mt mines in the storage yard already. Port finishes extending and is capable of shipping.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]A super-hard metal has been made in the laboratory by melting together titanium and gold. The alloy is the hardest known metallic substance compatible with living tissues, say US physicists.