

Rio Tinto and its new partner Indium Corporation have successfully extracted the first primary gallium as part of a research and development project, which ultimately aims to produce commercial quantities of the critical and strategic mineral present in the bauxite processed in Rio Tinto’s Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec...
Anglo American has appointed Tom McCulley as Technical Director. Tom McCulley’s appointment follows Matt Daley’s decision to take up a senior executive role outside Anglo American, having served as Technical & Operations Director since 2023, after joining Anglo American as Group Head of Mining in 2017. Tom McCulley...
Highly-specialised global steel company, SSAB has announced a significant investment of approximately $74 million USD to expand its heat treat capacity at the SSAB Alabama facility, located in Axis, Alabama. The new facility will substantially enhance SSAB’s ability to serve its customers in the U.S. market with premium steel...
Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) has welcomed Prime Minister Mark Carney and all Members of Parliament elected to Canada’s 45th Parliament and is urging the new government to act swiftly to address the pressing challenges facing Canadian grain farmers.“The stakes of this election could not have been higher for grain farmers...
The International Trade Commission in the USA has voted in favour of imposing final anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) on imports of 2;4-D from China and India.Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association and a soybean farmer from Kentucky, said, “The announcement of these final duties on imports...
As of April 25, 2025, farmers in all regions of Ukraine have sown 2M hectares (ha) of spring grain and pulses crops. Buckwheat sowing has begun in Rivne Oblast.Currently, the largest sown area is for: corn – 705k ha, barley – 702.1k ha, spring wheat – 199.8k ha, peas – 201.8k ha, and oats – 154.2k ha...