Qatar to make copper wires, aluminium bars as it resists embargoAffiliate of Qatari conglomerate Aamal Co plans to build three factories to produce copper wires, aluminium bars and drums for cables.Reuters | January 8, 2018 | 11:05 am
As China restricts scrap, metal companies look to process copper abroadChina told the WTO it would stop accepting certain types…Reuters | January 8, 2018 | 10:33 am
Peru’s environmental deregulation to spur more mining-related protests: analystsThe approval of the supreme decree 042-2017 in December might…Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 5, 2018 | 7:23 pm
Cobalt market saw record-breaking supply boom in 2022 Mined cobalt supply grew by 23% to 187,060 tons in 2022, in a supply swell that wiped out a large deficit seen in 2021. Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 4:45 pm
Battery metals projects catch eye of pension funds and carmakers The rush for metals needed to power electric vehicles has “clearly brought the sector into a spotlight that it wasn’t in a few years ago,” BMO analyst says. Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 2:14 pm
Metals catch a chill as Beijing shies away from major stimulus Commodities from copper to iron ore fell after China set a cautious economic growth target of about 5% for the year. Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 1:02 pm
Codelco looking to get delayed project back on track The Chilean state-owned firm had envisaged turning its mainly underground Salvador mine into an open pit by first half of 2023. Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 11:10 am
AQR leads 10 hedge funds suing LME over nickel trade debacle AQR and DRW Commodities alongside others are seeking around £80 million, according to the LME. Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 10:16 am
Palladium One grabs more critical minerals assets with acquisition of MetalCorp MetalCorp's main assets are the North Rock copper-nickel project and the Big Lake copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Ontario. Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 9:32 am
Forum Energy buys out Rio Tinto’s share of Janice Lake copper The property covers 39,943 hectares in north-central Saskatchewan. Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 7:50 am
Ontario OKs Ring of Fire road review plan by First Nations The area’s most advanced project is Ring of Fire Metals’ Eagle’s Nest nickel project. Colin McClelland | March 6, 2023 | 7:10 am
Canada’s crackdown on Chinese funding is hurting miners, Friedland says China has built up stakes in more than two dozen Canadian mining companies, including some of the industry’s biggest names. Bloomberg News | March 5, 2023 | 4:41 pm