Rio Tinto to ship less iron ore despite increased demand from ChinaSmaller rival Fortescue Metals went the opposite way — it increased iron ore exports by 5% in the Sep. quarter.Cecilia Jamasmie | October 20, 2016 | 7:50 am
2017 not so good for nickel: BMIBMI predicts that in 2017 nickel prices will start to…MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 20, 2016 | 5:40 am
Tires are a top five cost for a minerKalTire Canada's VP of Operations talks about company's innovations when…MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 19, 2016 | 4:03 pm
Peru community rejects ‘joke’ offer to end Las Bambas copper mine protest The blockade, in place since Nov. 20, threatens to halt output at the Chinese-owned mine in southern Peru, which produces some 2% of the world's supply of copper. Reuters | December 13, 2021 | 6:49 am
Rio Tinto to write off $2.4bn Oyu Tolgoi loan to Mongolia Writing off Mongolia's debt would speed up the timeline for when the country can start receiving dividends from the project. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2021 | 3:35 am
New tool monitors countries’ raw materials consumption Countries' material footprints are comprised of the raw materials they consume domestically, showing where those resources come from globally. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 12, 2021 | 11:59 am
Copper miners, smelters inch closer to treatment charge deal The two sides are $8 a tonne apart on where they would like the treatment charge benchmark to be. Reuters | December 10, 2021 | 11:27 am
Under leftist president, Peru faces pitched battle over mining The battle over mining in Ayacucho is a flashpoint for the new government as well as for global metal markets that rely on Peru’s rich deposits. Bloomberg News | December 10, 2021 | 10:10 am
Five charts ask if mining is in a supercycle, one screams no The green energy transition necessitate massive new investments in mining, but how does today’s boom stack up to the aughts? Frik Els | December 9, 2021 | 1:19 pm
Peru mining group says government ‘erratic and biased’ against industry The mining corridor, as the road is known, has been blocked for over 400 days since Las Bambas began operations in 2016. Reuters | December 9, 2021 | 11:45 am
Copper price down on cooling China growth, firmer dollar Prices are up 20% this year while a wider index of industrial metals is up nearly 30%. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 9, 2021 | 9:00 am
Tsingshan starts producing EV battery raw material nickel matte in Indonesia In the past two weeks, two other Chinese companies have both announced plans to produce 40,000 tonnes per year of matte in Indonesia. Reuters | December 9, 2021 | 8:12 am