November 5, 2017

New Century raises $53M to restart mothballed zinc mine

The Century zinc mine in Queensland could be churning out ore again thanks to a $52.9 million private placement raised by owner New Century Resources (ASX:NCZ).

November 3, 2017

A $750m question, a mystery buyer and a seller called WHY

The deal for a magnesium deposit in British Columbia ranks No. 4 by transaction value among the year’s biggest mining-asset sales globally.

November 3, 2017

Copper miners to see profit grow further in 2018 — report

Profit margins are expected to end significantly higher this year, and this trend to continue over the next two years, a study by S&P Global Market Intelligence shows.

November 3, 2017

Argentina seeks new markets for aluminum as the US probes imports

The US' Commerce Department announced in April that it was probing imports of aluminum from China and elsewhere, blaming unfairly traded imports for causing several domestic smelters to close or…

November 3, 2017

London Metal Exchange Week galvanised by electric dreams: Andy Home

This year, copper was shoved out of the London limelight by new hot metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.

November 3, 2017

Congo state miner failed to log $740 million in revenues, report says

Gecamines copper output has plunged since 1980s and it has failed to internally register $740 million in income between 2011-2014, much of which is now untraceable, the Carter Center said…

November 2, 2017

BHP aims for more copper, oil; steers away from EV minerals

BHP CCO Balhuizen says while 2017 marks "tipping point" for EVs entering mainstream of metals demand forecasting, in terms of sales mass move is further off.

November 2, 2017

Uranium superstar goes all-in on impending nickel crunch

Mike Beck gives a provides a detailed analysis on lithium, uranium, and nickel.

November 2, 2017

Kyrgyzstan government shuts Kaz Minerals mine for 3 months

Company said it did not know why the operations had been suspended, but a source familiar with the situation pointed to political disputes between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

November 2, 2017

Acacia Mining top execs. quit amid ongoing dispute with Tanzania

The Tanzanian gold producer, majority owned by Barrick, has been locked in a months-long dispute with the local government.