Sumitomo names Ueno as next CEO, promising reformShingo Ueno, 64, has played a pivotal role in leading Sumitomo's metals, resources and chemicals businesses.Reuters | December 22, 2023 | 9:15 am
Trafigura’s Myra Falls mine on Vancouver Island idled indefinitelyMyra Falls Mining has sought creditor protection under the Companies’…Staff Writer | December 19, 2023 | 12:23 pm
Gold nanoparticles create purple smokeResearchers have solved a 400-year-old alchemy puzzle.Staff Writer | November 27, 2023 | 5:05 am
China to cut import tariffs on some recycled copper and aluminum raw materials The Ministry of Finance announced adjustments to various import tariff categories, effective Jan. 1. Reuters | December 29, 2024 | 12:25 pm
China smelter group agrees to lower Q1 copper charges The charges tend to fall when ore supply declines and rise when more concentrate is available. Reuters | December 27, 2024 | 3:51 pm
Cordoba secures $10m bridge loan from partner JCHX for Alacran project The Alacran project is pegged as the Colombia's next major copper-gold mine. Staff Writer | December 27, 2024 | 9:02 am
Panama president sees no immediate risk from First Quantum mine Jose Raul Mulino said a government report shows there are no immediate environmental or safety risks from Cobre Panama. Bloomberg News | December 26, 2024 | 5:29 pm
CHARTS: EV battery metals bill sets new low as lithium, nickel, cobalt price slump continues The raw materials bill for the average EV is now down to $510 compared to a peak of more than $1,900 at the beginning of last year. Frik Els | December 26, 2024 | 1:59 pm
Trade spats to curb industrial metals demand: BMO BMO Capital Markets has lowered its demand estimates for next year on the anticipation that higher tariffs and multilateral trade friction could tamp down industrial output. Northern Miner Staff | December 26, 2024 | 6:00 am
CHARTS: The coming critical minerals trade war is BRICS short of a load "While a large number of countries around the world continue to talk about securing raw material supply, China is actually doing something about it." Frik Els | December 24, 2024 | 1:11 pm
El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban president called ‘absurd’ El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban all forms of metals mining in 2017. Reuters | December 23, 2024 | 3:55 pm
Chile files environmental charges against Anglo American’s Los Bronces mine One charge was deemed "very serious," the highest of three offense levels, for non-compliance dating back to a 2014 sanction. Reuters | December 23, 2024 | 12:40 pm