Minerals

Vietnam tungsten giant Masan secures US strategic investor as mainboard listing plan advances

2026-09-24T04:09:29.000Z
Demand for copper, cobalt, lithium and other metals is surging with the global roll-out of renewable-energy plants and increasing adoption of electric vehicles. 

UN to help six nations extract more value from critical minerals

2026-09-23T14:44:32.000Z
Orion Resource Partners believes South-east Asia is becoming an increasingly important source of minerals such as nickel (above), copper and other metals that are essential for electric vehicles, batteries and renewable energy technologies.

US-led Orion consortium eyes over US$20 billion for critical minerals projects, targeting South-east Asia

2026-08-04T05:54:02.000Z
Chinese companies have spent over US$100 billion in M&A deals in the mining sector in the last two decades.

China expands strategic mineral toolkit with new investment firm

2026-07-13T05:00:33.000Z
G7 leaders will also discuss how to rebalance global trade and address “predatory competition”, mainly by China.

G7 leaders tackle reliance on China for critical minerals

2026-06-17T04:48:02.000Z
A section of Vietnam's Nui Phao polymetallic mine, one of the world’s largest tungsten deposits outside China.

Riding AI ‘gold rush’: Vietnam tungsten giant courts foreign investors ahead of planned mainboard listing 

2026-04-24T07:00:00.000Z
Indonesia has announced plans to cut mining output quotas for many of its minerals to help support prices this year.

Indonesia may relax production quotas of nickel and coal if prices stay high, minister says

2026-03-26T06:14:31.000Z
The deals will take the form of purchase commitments and other transactions spanning a range of products and sectors, according to White House officials.

Asia set to pledge US$30 billion in energy, mineral deals with US

2026-03-13T03:36:16.000Z
Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president of Venezuela, promised to advance new mining reforms inside Venezuela.

Venezuela says it will move at ‘Trump speed’ to unlock mineral wealth

2026-03-05T09:18:19.000Z
Price floors have long been discussed among critical minerals industry players as a way to shield non-Chinese companies from the Asian nation flooding markets.

US agencies have developed critical minerals price floor system

2026-02-18T01:01:05.000Z