Philippines to keep mining law intact, despite new minister appointmentThe new head of the environment office, Roy Cimatu, has however said he believed it was possible to balance mining and natural resources protection.Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2017 | 6:55 am
BHP Billiton puts Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile on the blockWorkers temporarily blocked access roads to the site in protest…Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2017 | 3:57 am
Copper price: Plunge in China imports wipes out 2017 gainsChinese refined copper imports for April down 30%, concentrate shipments…Frik Els | May 8, 2017 | 11:05 am
Over 20% of world mined copper now comes from sustainable operations The figure was reached after five new sites, including Antofagasta’s Antucoya mine and Capstone’s Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde, joined Copper Mark. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2022 | 6:15 am
New aluminum-sulphur battery developed to lower cost of energy storage In a paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers explain that the new battery architecture uses aluminum and sulphur as its two electrode materials. Staff Writer | August 30, 2022 | 6:06 am
BHP urged to step up climate advocacy by shareholder activists New shareholder resolution calls on the company to help lobby for a new emissions trading scheme and for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. Bloomberg News | August 30, 2022 | 4:20 am
Sandfire moves forward with Botswana copper mine expansion The Australian firm plans to set up a major mining hub in the Kalahari Copper Belt. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2022 | 3:46 am
Southern Silver offers Cerro Las Minitas PEA with $349 million NPV, 60-month payback The PEA puts the gross revenues over 15 years of mining at $3.7 billion. Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 12:40 pm
Collective Mining drills 180.6 metres of 2.43 g/t gold equivalent at Apollo target in Colombia Apollo is one of eight porphyry-related targets the company has found within a 3-km by 4-km cluster, and is part of the Guayabales project. Northern Miner Staff | August 29, 2022 | 12:32 pm
Copper price back below $8,000 as hawkish Fed outweighs supply risk “The recession fears are still there in the background,” said WisdomTree commodity strategist Nitesh Shah. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 9:07 am
Goldman says ‘buy commodities now, worry about recession later’ “Our economists view the risk of a recession outside Europe in the next 12 months as relatively low,” bank analysts said. Bloomberg News | August 29, 2022 | 8:18 am
Gold mine plays key role in proving dark matter’s existence Researchers working at the Stawell gold mine want to figure out whether dark matter actually exists. Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 5:05 am