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Coal production in Russia’s Kuzbass region fell 2.6% year on year to 109.7 million tonnes in January–July 2026, reflecting continued pressure on the country’s key coal-producing basin. Output of coking coal declined 5.3% to 35.5 million tonnes, while thermal coal production slipped 1.2% to 74.2 million tonnes. Coal shipments from Kuzbass also fell 3.2% YoY to 100.4 million tonnes, including 61.1 million tonnes supplied to export markets.

Russian coal exports to China by rail fell to 8.6 million tonnes in January–July 2026, down 2.7 million tonnes or 23.7% year on year, as weak demand from Chinese utilities and industrial users, competition from domestic coal supply and weather-related disruptions weighed on cross-border trade. Heavy rainfall since May disrupted logistics and industrial activity, contributing to softer coal consumption and lower domestic prices in China.

Stillwater Critical Minerals has reported a major resource expansion at its Stillwater West nickel-copper-PGM project in Montana, establishing an initial indicated resource of 29.4 million tonnes grading 0.18% nickel, 0.09% copper and 0.02% cobalt, containing 119 million lb of nickel, 59 million lb of copper and 11 million lb of cobalt. The updated inferred resource has expanded to 805.1 million tonnes, containing around 3 billion lb of nickel, 1.5 billion lb of copper and 283 million lb of cobalt, with nickel nearly tripling and copper and cobalt more than tripling compared with the 2023 estimate; it also contains 2.8 million oz of platinum and 3.9 million oz of palladium.