Ivanhoe eyes higher copper output at Kamoa-KakulaIt produced 393,551 tonnes of the metal last year, an 18% increase from 2022, and it expects to churn out 440,000-490,000 tonnes this year.Staff Writer | January 8, 2024 | 9:13 am
Simandou build expected to start in 2024 after almost 30 years of setbacksSet to be the world’s largest new iron ore mine,…Staff Writer | January 8, 2024 | 2:30 am
First Quantum calls on Panama to prevent violence at closed mineThe Suntracs construction union — which played a leading role…Bloomberg News | January 5, 2024 | 11:10 am
Ivanhoe Mines posts near tenfold profit increase in 2022; stock rises The company posted a record profit of $434 million for 2022. Staff Writer | March 14, 2023 | 9:27 am
Rio Tinto sees robust short term outlook for copper The miner started this week the underground phase of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. Reuters | March 14, 2023 | 7:34 am
SQM launches corporate acceleration program for entrepreneurs and startups The objective of the program is to find and promote new technologies and innovations related to lithium. Selected entrepreneurs will receive $25,000. Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 4:00 pm
Trafigura’s head of metals operations to leave in restructuring Svetlana Kabanova, who ran operations for Trafigura’s metals trading unit, is leaving the company. Bloomberg News | March 13, 2023 | 1:39 pm
Sibanye halts underground production at Stillwater West mine for four weeks Maintenance servicing the vertical shaft accessing the deeper levels of the Montana PGM mine resulted in structural damage. Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 11:50 am
Work set to resume at Simandou after Guinea, shareholders agree on terms Guinea's transitional government ordered work to stop last July to try to force the shareholders to agree on joint venture terms. Reuters | March 13, 2023 | 11:11 am
Rio Tinto starts underground production at Oyu Tolgoi It is expected to become the fourth-largest copper mine in the world by 2030. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 4:04 am
Nornickel board rejects Rusal proposal to replace chairman Rusal had proposed replacing current chairman Andrei Bugrov with independent director. Reuters | March 13, 2023 | 3:52 am
Highland Gold owner weighs buying Polymetal assets Mining magnate Vladislav Sviblov is weighing a purchase of some of the Russian assets of Polymetal. Bloomberg News | March 11, 2023 | 6:46 pm