Metals traders hit with margin-call snafu in chaotic week

The Northern Miner presents the top 10 US-based mining companies by market capitalization.

India’s biggest aluminum producer is prioritizing controlling costs as it embarks on expanding capacity.

For the past year, copper traded like a seesaw on the on-again, off-again hopes of a US and China trade deal.

The Gumatj people claim there is a loss of native title over Rio Tinto's Gove operations, previously owned by Nabalco.

The alumina market has collapsed over the last three months with both Chinese and Western prices now at their lowest levels in two years.

The world's largest aluminium producer outside China has been restoring operations after US sanctions were lifted in January this year.

The new rules are being put into place after years of sharp spikes and declines in the LME inventory levels attracted criticism that the data was unreliable.

Global aluminium production fell by 0.5% in the first half of this year, according to the International Aluminium Institute.

In May, the United States lifted the Section 232 tariff of 10% imposed on Canadian imports of aluminium, a vital ingredient for auto makers, drinks firms and military equipment companies.