Japanese heavy machinery manufacturer Komatsu is investing in new facilities in Brazil's Minas Gerais and Pará states to serve demand from the mining industry.
World No. 2 iron ore supplier Vale SA delivered a bigger-than-expected increase in production last quarter in a result that may undermine prices of the key steelmaking ingredient.
Australian battery metal producer IGO Ltd said on Wednesday it would put its Cosmos nickel project in Western Australia into care and maintenance due to low prices, as it also trimmed its annual lithium production forecast.
Shares in Lifezone Metals, 17% owned by BHP, rose in the early hours of Monday’s trading session on news about a high-grade nickel discovery at its Kabanga project in northwest Tanzania.