Brazil’s mining industry to invest $40.4 billion through 2026, association saysAbout 10% of the total amount is set to be invested in socio-environmental projects, it said.Reuters | April 26, 2022 | 7:29 am
Top 50 mining companies power through covid adding $1 trillion in valueBuoyant lithium, copper and gold prices lift value of top…Frik Els | April 18, 2022 | 10:15 am
Guinea junta turns up the heat on bauxite minersGuinea shipments at an all-time high but local value-adding a…Henry Lazenby | April 12, 2022 | 3:55 pm
Europe joins global scramble for critical minerals Europe has belatedly woken up to the fact it has a metals problem. Andy Home - Reuters | September 4, 2020 | 8:18 am
BHP and Rio Tinto show the swings and arrows of China commodity exposure It may be a bit of an oversimplification, but in the current situation the world of commodities is effectively split between China and the rest. Reuters | August 20, 2020 | 8:07 am
Metro Mining to shut mine early as virus chokes sales The Bauxite Hills Mine in Queensland is expected to cease shipping ore earlier than usual in mid-September and restart next April. Reuters | August 14, 2020 | 10:22 am
China’s booming copper imports an echo of the last crisis Every copper trader knows Beijing's stockpiling was a big part of the copper price rally from 2009 lows below $3,000/tonne to over $10,000 two years later. Reuters | August 13, 2020 | 7:19 am
Glencore copper production drops 11%, cobalt by third Suspended Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in Congo slashes Swiss miner and commodities trader's first half production. MINING.com Editor | July 31, 2020 | 7:58 am
Indonesia moving up the mining value chain – report The mining industry will increasingly lose dominance as a driver of Indonesia’s mineral exports, Fitch says. MINING.com Editor | July 28, 2020 | 12:26 pm
Despite Brazil’s covid-19 spike, Minister of Mines optimistic Bento Albuquerque said revenue from mineral production in H1 2020 was 1% higher than in the first half of 2019. Bruno Venditti | July 17, 2020 | 2:50 pm
Covid-19 disrupts $8.8 billion of global mining output In total, $8.84 billion in mining revenue is at-risk, with disruptions to 275 mine sites in 36 countries. Frik Els | July 15, 2020 | 12:10 pm
Ghanaian activists sue government to save forest from mine Environmentalists have been campaigning since 2017 to stop a proposed bauxite mine in the Atewa Range Forest. Reuters | July 8, 2020 | 1:49 pm