Sediment plumes from deep-sea mining become turbulent cloud

New research shows that midwater sediment plumes discharged by mining machinery become a highly turbulent cloud of suspended particles.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 31, 2021 | 2:32 pm

Copper price: China’s scrap rebalancing act could de-rail copper price recovery – report

Copper price: China’s scrap rebalancing act could derail recovery – report

China's copper scrap imports look set to grow substantially.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 30, 2021 | 10:06 am

Yamana enjoys record quarterly production from Jacobina and Canadian Malartic, shares up

Yamana sees record quarterly production from Jacobina and Canadian Malartic, shares up

Yamana has also raised its dividend by 15% over the previous level.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 30, 2021 | 9:53 am

Iron ore price craters on Chinese steel output cuts

Iron ore price drops 8% falling below $200 a tonne for the first time since April on Beijing's efforts to curb industry emissions.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 30, 2021 | 9:35 am

Codelco hikes 2022 copper premium for Chinese buyers - sources

Copper price falls after China’s metals auction

China announced it would release a total of 170,000 tonnes of metals, including copper, aluminum and zinc, from state reserves on Thursday to nonferrous fabricators.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 30, 2021 | 8:54 am

Civil unrest in South Africa, covid-19 may push cobalt prices up — report

Fastmarkets’ third-quarter forecast is for cobalt prices to average $25 per lb.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 30, 2021 | 6:06 am

Prices will fall across metals and mining in 2023 – Woodmac

Iron ore price down on China’s forecasted steel output decline

"One thing is clear, China’s crude steel production in H2 will decline compared to both H1 this year and H2 last year," said CRU Group.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 29, 2021 | 10:06 am

Gold price tapers off on looming US rate hike, Ukraine peace talks

Gold price jumps to 2-week high as Fed maintains dovish tone

Fed chairman Jerome Powell stated that the central bank is "nowhere near considering a rate hike."

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 29, 2021 | 9:19 am

Low-carbon power for steel, aluminum industries key for global decarbonization goals — report

According to Wood Mackenzie, ramping up battery metals production is also important to limit the average global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2040.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 29, 2021 | 6:06 am