Glencore to restart operations at Mutanda copper, cobalt mine in 2022Restarted output from Mutanda could help ease shortages in the copper and cobalt markets.Reuters | May 18, 2021 | 9:33 am
Newcrest sets target of net zero emissions by 2050The goal relates to its Scope 1 and Scope 2…MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 18, 2021 | 9:18 am
Peru leftist copies Chile’s proposal for tax on copper boomLeft-wing presidential candidate Pedro Castillo just added a tax on…Bloomberg News | May 17, 2021 | 7:52 pm
BHP rebuffs Elliott as first-half profit hits three-year high The New-York based fund argues an overhaul could add more than $22 billion in value for shareholders and wants BHP to conduct an independent study. Bloomberg News | February 20, 2018 | 2:00 am
Undersea mining’s bizarre origins – a CIA cold war plot BBC report details 1974 CIA operation to salvage Soviet submarine carrying nuclear missiles under guise of a Howard Hughes-financed seabed manganese mine. Frik Els | February 19, 2018 | 11:53 am
Glencore, Randgold form group to challenge Congo law changes Glencore and Randgold are clubbing together in a bid to stop sweeping legal reforms, claiming their interests were poorly served by the industry body. Bloomberg News | February 19, 2018 | 11:38 am
Mining M&A jumps to 4-year high – expect more in 2018 New report says "deals in lithium, copper and cobalt are expected to feature high on the agenda of management teams across the industry." Frik Els | February 19, 2018 | 10:43 am
Moody’s bullish on base metals, US steel Base metals should continue to do well in 2018 along with the US steel industry, though American coal will continue to lose ground to natural gas. MINING.com Editor | February 18, 2018 | 8:05 pm
Battery-technology metals to leave gold, silver in the dust: readers A whopping two-thirds of MINING.com readers say battery-technology metals will perform better than precious or base metals this year. Michael Allan McCrae | February 17, 2018 | 11:49 am
Rio Tinto’s Mongolian copper worries mount Ulaanbaatar orders Rio Tinto to build domestic power plant for $5.3 billion expansion of Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine. Frik Els | February 16, 2018 | 11:17 am
Acacia Mining admits in talks with Chinese over potential sale of Tanzania assets Tanzania's top gold producer said in conversations with potential investors over a stake in some or all of its operations in the East African nation. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2018 | 10:05 am
Japan’s Mitsui wants more of Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine, but none of Los Pelambres Mitsui’s investments in Chile’s copper industry date back to the 1990s and it now has minority interests in a number of the country’s leading mines. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2018 | 8:08 am