Northern Dynasty stock hammered by short-seller reportShares in the Canadian miner behind the stalled Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska nosedived after a report branded the venture as “worthless.”Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2017 | 2:09 am
Striking workers at BHP’s Escondida mine accept Gov’t mediationThe meeting is not a return to mediation but an…Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2017 | 8:13 am
Weak finish for the Canadian Mining Eye Index in Q4 — EYEY’s Canadian Mining Eye index declined 13% in the last…Ernst & Young | February 13, 2017 | 9:45 am
Madagascar’s Ambatovy mine on track to deliver ‘no net loss’ of surrounding forest Ambatovy has strived to conserve the surrounding forest by slowing deforestation driven by small-scale agriculture elsewhere. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 9, 2022 | 6:06 am
After 16 years, Vale’s big nickel bet is looking like a winner In the heady days of the 2000s commodities supercycle, Vale made a $17 billion bet on a metal used mainly to make stainless steel. Bloomberg News | March 8, 2022 | 2:07 pm
With eye on metal prices, US cautious on possible sanctions of Usmanov companies The United States last week imposed sanctions on the billionaire as part of several rounds of measures Washington has taken. Reuters | March 8, 2022 | 12:46 pm
LME halts nickel trading after unprecedented 250% spike The frenzied move was the largest-ever on the LME. Bloomberg News | March 8, 2022 | 10:26 am
Nickel price surge past $100,000 leaves big short with big trouble The ferocity of the price action over the last 24 hours speaks to a forced liquidation of positions, a buy-back in a liquidity vacuum, writes Andy Home. Reuters | March 8, 2022 | 8:50 am
Inflation, volatility from Ukraine war to have impact, says BHP CEO The company is forecasting 0.5% lower global growth than previously anticipated. Reuters | March 8, 2022 | 8:20 am
Nickel price surge may have Vale reworking its base metal calculations Prices have doubled in the past five trading days as intensifying fears over Russian supplies leave buyers exposed to a historic squeeze. Bloomberg News | March 8, 2022 | 7:59 am
Nickel short seller could take $8 billion hit after price soars past $100,000 a tonne A massive squeeze pushed nickel prices up by as much as 250%, the most extraordinary surge in the 145-year history of the LME. MINING.com Editor | March 8, 2022 | 4:07 am
Aluminium Dunkerque to sell a portion of its metal to Glencore Aluminium Dunkerque has capacity to produce 286,000 tonnes of aluminium a year. Reuters | March 7, 2022 | 1:22 pm