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Steel producers and buyers are closely monitoring nickel prices after a spike in values threatened to become a key driver of stainless price increases in the opening months of 2026.    Closing prices for three-month contracts on the LME show that nickel prices rose from their 2025 holding pattern around USD15,000 per tonne in mid-December. Nickel prices […]

Copper sank from a record toward the end of an extraordinary week for metals marked by frenzied trading, huge gains and — in a late twist — a one-hour delay to the opening of the London Metal Exchange. The world’s biggest metals bourse opened belatedly at 10:00 a.m Hong Kong time on Friday after standard

Gold extended falls on Monday, pressured by a firm dollar, as ‍investors gauged U.S. President Donald Trump’s Fed chair pick Kevin Warsh’s approach to interest ⁠rate cuts, while silver recovered from a more than three-week low hit on Friday. Spot gold was down 1.5% at $4,793.97 per ounce, as of 0046 GMT, after touching ‌a

French mining group Eramet said on Sunday it had dismissed its chief executive Paulo Castellari, citing disagreements on “operating methods.” Chairwoman Christel Bories, who had passed the role of CEO to Castellari last year, will assume the role again on an interim basis pending the selection of a new CEO. “This decision has nothing to

Poland will from next month be the last remaining European Union country still mining hard coal, after the Czech Republic – the only other producer – announced the closure of its last mine. Since 2019, after Germany and Spain ended production, Poland and the Czech Republic have been the only two member states still extracting

More than 200 people have been killed in a mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel authorities have said. The mine, in the town of Rubaya, gave way on Wednesday due to heavy rains, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesman for the North Kivu region’s rebel governor, told reporters. At the time, the death toll

Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) melalui Direktur Jenderal Penegakan Hukum (Gakkum) Kementerian ESDM Rilke Jeffri Huwae mengungkapkan sampai saat ini Kementerian ESDM belum melakukan pencabutan terkait izin tambang Martabe. Menurut Jeffri, Kementerian ESDM masih menunggu laporan dari penyelidikan Satgas Penertiban Kawasan Hutan dan Pertambangan (PKH). “Kalau dalam pencabutan, sampai sekarang ini belum ada. Hanya

PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk. (MDKA) mempercepat realisasi belanja modal Tambang Emas Pani seiring melonjaknya harga emas global. Langkah tersebut membuka peluang percepatan pencapaian produksi puncak tambang yang ditargetkan mencapai 500.000 ounce per tahun. GM Corporate Communication MDKA Tom Malik mengatakan, dalam feasibility study (FS) yang disusun pada Maret 2024, perseroan semula merencanakan konstruksi fasilitas

PT Petrosea Tbk (IDX:PTRO) mengumumkan langkah strategis Perseroan dalam memperkuat ekosistem bisnis melalui pendirian tiga anak usaha baru. Pendirian ini dilakukan melalui anak-anak usaha Perseroan yang dimiliki secara langsung lebih dari 99%, yaitu PT Petrosea Infrastruktur Nusantara (PIN), PT Petrosea Engineering Procurement Construction (PEPC), dan PT Rekakarsa Karya Nusantara (REKAN). Langkah ini merupakan bagian dari

Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) akan menerbitkan 313 izin atas Wilayah Pertambangan Rakyat (WPR) baru di Indonesia untuk tahun 2026. Hal tersebut mengemuka ketika Rapat Kerja Kementerian ESDM yang diwakili oleh Wakil Menteri ESDM Yuliot Tanjung dengan Komisi XII DPR RI di Jakarta, Kamis (29/01/2026). Keputusan ini telah diambil berdasarkan penyesuaian wilayah pertambangan

Ditengah gonjang-ganjing nasib akibat keputusan untuk mencabut Izin Usaha Pertambangan (IUP) oleh pemerintah secara mendadak, PT Agincourt Resources optimistis masih bisa beroperasi, meskipun kini ada berita terbaru tentang rencana pengalihan Agincourt oleh pemerintah melalui BPI Danantara. PT Agincourt Resources (Perseroan) menghormati arahan dan kebijakan Pemerintah, serta kooperatif mengikuti seluruh prosedur administratif dan ketentuan hukum yang

Emiten kontraktor tambang terafiliasi Grup Bakrie PT Darma Henwa Tbk. (DEWA) meraih laba bersih Rp239,14 miliar pada kuartal III/2025. Laba bersih DEWA itu tumbuh 519,28% secara tahunan (year on year/YoY) dibandingkan Rp38,61 miliar pada periode September 2024. Mengutip laporan keuangan, pendapatan DEWA sejatinya relatif stabil. DEWA meraup pendapatan sebesar Rp4,65 triliun pada kuartal III/2025, hanya

Anak usaha PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk (MDKA), PT Merdeka Gold Resources Tbk (EMAS), dalam klarifikasi kepada BEI, telah mengonfirmasi kabar perseroan berencana melakukan pencatatan saham di bursa Hong Kong. Corporate Secretary EMAS Adi Adriansyah Sjoekri mengatakan, perseroan masih dalam tahap awal untuk menjajaki kemungkinan pencatatan saham di bursa Hong Kong. “Oleh karena itu, perseroan

Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) mengungkapkan pengelola tambang emas Martabe seharusnya memiliki waktu sekitar 180 hari untuk mendapatkan pembinaan, sebelum akhirnya izin usaha pertambangannya (IUP) dicabut. Akan tetapi, pencabutan izin tambang milik PT Agincourt Resources (PTAR) tersebut diklaim menjadi kasus khusus sehingga tidak mengacu pada aturan tersebut. “Jadi kalau berdasarkan regulasi itu harus

Pemerintah menyiapkan pembentukan Perusahaan Mineral Nasional (Perminas) sebagai instrumen negara untuk menangani tambang-tambang bermasalah sekaligus memperkuat pengelolaan mineral strategis nasional. Wakil Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung menegaskan, ide dasar Perminas tidak semata terkait satu aset tambang tertentu, melainkan menyangkut agenda tata kelola mineral nasional secara lebih luas. “Pertambangan mineral nasional itu

Sebanyak 24 provinsi mengusulkan penyesuaian wilayah pertambangan tahun 2025 kepada pemerintah pusat. Ke-24 provinsi tersebut yakni Bengkulu, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Timur, Sulawesi Utara, Gorontalo, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Riau, Jambi, Banten, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Utara, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Selatan,

Harga batu bara melanjutkan tren positifnya. Merujuk Refinitiv, harga batu bara pada perdagangan Kamis (29/1/2026) ditutup di posisi US$ 111,75 per ton atau melonjak 2,5%. Penguatan ini memutus memperpanjang tren positif harga batu bara dengan menguat 2,6% dalam dua hari. Kenaikan harga batu bara ditopang kabar baik dari Rusia, Amerika Serikat (AS) dan China. Beberapa

It’s not just silver (SI=F) and gold (GC=F) surging to record highs — copper is also ripping to a record as the metals complex continues to be the defining trade of 2026. Copper futures (HG=F) were up as much as 10%, topping $13,000 per ton as supply chain disruptions, trade policy, and quickly growing demand

Funds and speculators are having an outsize impact in the thin-volume tin trade, driving it to a series of record peaks in defiance of warnings from analysts and regulators that the market is growing overheated. The price of tin – mainly used for solder in electronics – has surged by 55% over the past three

Gold demand hit an all-time high last year as jitters over instability and trade sparked a surge in investment, even as a series of record price peaks kept jewellery buyers from the tills. Global gold demand rose by 1% in 2025 to 5,002 metric tons, the highest number on record, the World Gold Council said

Gold prices fell on Friday, pressured by a firmer dollar, but ‍were set for their biggest monthly gain since 1980 as investors piled into the ⁠safe-haven metal amid persistent geopolitical and economic uncertainties. Spot gold was down 0.9% at $5,346.42 per ounce, as of 0124 GMT, after scaling a record $5,594.82 the previous day. Prices

Copper surged by the most in more than 16 years, after a wave of buying from Chinese investors triggered one of the most dramatic moves in the market’s history. Prices gained as much as 11% to trade above $14,500 a ton for the first time ever, before a sharp retracement on Thursday afternoon. The industrial

India plans to soon offer incentives for companies to set up lithium and nickel processing plants to help boost output and meet rising demand for critical minerals, according to two sources and a government presentation reviewed by Reuters. India is seeking to accelerate its energy transition and cut emissions by promoting clean energy initiatives like

In a move aimed at strengthening mineral security and reducing India’s heavy reliance on imports for steelmaking, the government on Thursday notified coking coal as a Critical and Strategic Mineral under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. The notification is part of the ongoing structural reforms in the mining sector and aligns