March 4, 2021

Adriatic takes big strides forward at its brownfield projects in the Balkans

In late January Adriatic was granted an exploitation permit for its Veovaca project near Vares in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 50 km north of the capital, Sarajevo.

March 4, 2021

Flights halted from PNG copper mine to Australia over virus cluster

Five new confirmed infections were linked to the Ok Tedi copper mine.

March 4, 2021

Turquoise Hill CEO quits on Rio Tinto meddling

Ulf Quellmann has resigned after top shareholder Rio Tinto told the Canadian miner it plans to vote against his re-election.

March 4, 2021

Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price rallies

Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids to wind turbines, and a recent price surge threatens to make decarbonization more costly.

March 4, 2021

Global copper smelting edges lower in February due to Chinese holiday

The decline in China was partially offset by gains in Europe and North America.

March 4, 2021

Congo’s cobalt and copper production jumped in 2020, central bank says

Congo produced 85,855 tonnes of cobalt in 2020, up 10% from 2019.

March 4, 2021

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners

Resource nationalism has been on the rise over the past year, but Verisk Maplecroft believes the worst is yet to come for miners as governments try to claw back the…

March 3, 2021

Electric car battery cobalt prices are rocketing

Soaring demand in China, ongoing logistics issues along the Congo-South Africa-China route lift prices over 30% in single month, says Benchmark.

March 3, 2021

Codelco to allow teleworking in post-coronavirus ‘cultural change’

The company had sent some 2,700 employees home to work remotely.

March 3, 2021

Rio Tinto chairman to step down over caves blast scandal

Simon Thompson is the latest high-profile departure linked to the miner’s destruction of ancient rock shelters in Western Australia.