Commodities face contagion as global market meltdown deepens

For commodities linked to industrial cycles, such as copper, a hard-landing scenario would put fresh pressure on bulls.

Bloomberg News | August 5, 2024 | 3:58 pm

Glencore to pay $152 million fine in bribery case

Commodities giant was fined by Swiss authorities for not preventing a business partner from bribing a Congolese official in 2011.

Staff Writer | August 5, 2024 | 8:51 am

Aurubis slides after Q3 earnings miss

Shares in Aurubis fell as much as 8.8% after earnings at Europe's largest copper producer missed expectations.

Reuters | August 5, 2024 | 8:18 am

Agnico, Barrick dominate top Canadian miners

Agnico runs the country’s biggest gold mines by output: Detour Lake and Canadian Malartic.

Colin McClelland - The Northern Miner | August 5, 2024 | 8:00 am

Video: Marimaca Copper aims at low-cost production in Chile’s Antofagasta

At a time when most copper projects are struggling with soaring capital costs, Marimaca expects its eponymous oxide project in Chile’s Atacama Desert to break the mould with a low capital cost of $205 million.

Northern Miner Staff | August 2, 2024 | 1:35 pm

CHART: Did the EV battery metals industry peak in 2022?

This is not what a bullish stream graph looks like.

Frik Els | August 2, 2024 | 10:59 am

Column: New horizons but same old problems for LME warehousing

The Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah is the exchange's first new listing since Amsterdam in 2018.

Reuters | August 2, 2024 | 8:33 am

BHP turns to mediation to avoid strike at Escondida

The last significant strike at Escondida, in 2017, lasted 44 days, hurt BHP's production and drove global copper prices up.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 2, 2024 | 3:49 am

Workers at BHP’s Escondida mine in Chile reject contract offer, union says

Workers at the world's largest copper mine rejected an offer for a new collective bargaining agreement, setting the stage for a potential strike.

Reuters | August 1, 2024 | 3:31 pm

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