January 16, 2018

Canadian companies want to extract nickel, vanadium, cobalt from petcoke

They're running a study led by Paul Watkinson, who has investigated the conversion of carbonaceous solids into gaseous and liquid fuels.

January 16, 2018

Copper falls most in six weeks as metals rally starts to give

Copper dropped 2.2 percent to $7,054.50 at 3:21 p.m. on the London Metal Exchange Tuesday. A close at that price would mark the biggest drop since Dec. 5.

January 16, 2018

Rio’s Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia hit with $155 million tax bill

Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill said the bill relates to an audit on taxes imposed and paid by the mine operator between 2013 and 2015.

January 15, 2018

European metals technology companies want to lead anti-corruption fight

Following the 2016 launching of the Collective Action Initiative for the Metals Technology Industry, the program announced today that it has added a new member.

January 15, 2018

Following detention, journalist publishes controversial story about Venezuela’s Mining Arc

Rampant violence and corruption are the norm in the mines of the southern Guayana region.

January 15, 2018

Rio Tinto 2017 iron ore exports up 1 percent, maintains 2018 guidance

On Tuesday Global miner Rio Tinto reported a 1 percent rise in iron ore shipments for 2017 to 330.1 million tonnes, meeting its guidance.

January 15, 2018

Metals power higher as sickly dollar spurs copper-to-gold rally

Copper surged as much as 2.1 percent, the most since Nov. 13, to $7,262 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange.

January 15, 2018

Glencore shrinks job of billionaire copper head amid Congo probe

Aristotelis Mistakidis will lose control of industrial copper operations including mines and focus on the trading side of the business.

January 15, 2018

Acacia Mining’s Q4 output down on Tanzania export ban

The London-listed miner said production in three months to Dec fell 30 pct to 148,477 oz. compared with a year ago and 22 pct from the previous quarter.

January 15, 2018

Canada’s RNC Minerals in talks to fund battery material mine

RNC Minerals in talks with commodity traders, mine operators and financiers to secure $1bn to build world's biggest nickel and cobalt project next year.