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Imperial Metals sues engineering companies over Mount Polley disaster

It was one of the worst environmental disasters in Canadian history, and now, the company behind the 2014 Mount Polley mine tailings breach is looking to make somebody pay.

Andrew Topf | July 10, 2016 | 2:26 pm

South Africa girding for another platinum strike

In what seems like an annual event, platinum companies in…

Andrew Topf | July 10, 2016 | 1:28 pm

BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam set to reach highest copper production in a decade

Red metal production at the copper-uranium mine is expected to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 8, 2016 | 3:10 am

Value of Chilean copper exports at financial-crisis lows

New data shows the first six months of 2016 were…

Andrew Topf | July 7, 2016 | 9:28 pm

First glimpse of potential Nullarbor treasures

SOME of the first geological images of one of the…

The Lead South Australia | July 7, 2016 | 12:33 pm

Ivanhoe Mines’ Friedland sees logistics cost squeeze easing

High shipping costs have posed a "challenge" for Democratic Republic of Congo-focused copper producer.

Reuters | March 30, 2022 | 7:48 am

Tesla inks secret multi-year nickel supply deal with Vale

The deal is one of several the electric vehicles giant has forged over the last year to secure supply of battery metals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2022 | 6:03 am

Congo halts court case against China Moly’s Tenke mine

Government said it had laid out “a road map to exit the crisis, along with a timeline" for the two sides to come to an agreement.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2022 | 3:47 am

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Imperial Metals sues engineering companies over Mount Polley disaster

South Africa girding for another platinum strike

BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam set to reach highest copper production in a decade

Value of Chilean copper exports at financial-crisis lows

First glimpse of potential Nullarbor treasures

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Ivanhoe Mines’ Friedland sees logistics cost squeeze easing

Tesla inks secret multi-year nickel supply deal with Vale

Congo halts court case against China Moly’s Tenke mine

China copper smelters raise Q2 treatment charge floor as supply woes ease

From VW to JPMorgan, the unlikely cast behind nickel’s big squeeze

Teck and University of British Columbia partner to install antimicrobial copper on campus

LME to hold independent review into nickel crisis

Nickel paralysis deepens as battered LME market barely trades

Mitsubishi expands copper trading business as Peru mine ramps up