Philippines ends open-pit mining ban to reinvigorate industry The Philippines has lifted a four-year-old ban on open-pit mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores. Reuters | December 28, 2021 | 9:09 am
Poland hopes for progress in talks with Czechs over Turow mine The EU's top court told Poland to halt operations at the Turow mine on the border with the Czech Republic after complaints of environmental damage. Reuters | December 28, 2021 | 8:52 am
Samarco bondholders rebuff restructuring plan, new proposals expected A previous proposal put forth by the company was rejected by bondholders in July. Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 9:59 pm
Zijin starts production at giant Tibet copper mine Qulong copper mine in Tibet adds a new source of supply to the market for next year. Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 11:35 am
Russia’s Severstal will need to pay $340m in extra taxes in 2022 The additional payment is due to changes in the calculation of a mineral extraction tax and the excise tax on steel. Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 8:46 am
Indonesia president launches $2.7 billion China-backed ferronickel plant The plant will be able to process 13 million tonnes of nickel ore annually. Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 8:34 am
Codelco requests second arbitration against Ecuador over copper project The Llurimagua project has been the subject of commercial tensions since November 2020. Reuters | December 24, 2021 | 1:03 pm
China names Chinalco director as head of new rare earths firm Ao Hong, a director at state-run metals group Chinalco, has been appointed chairman of a new rare earths company combining three major producers of the minerals. Reuters | December 24, 2021 | 10:36 am
Tesla seeks first US battery graphite with Syrah supply deal Melbourne-based company will supply Elon Musk’s company with graphite anode material for an initial four years Reuters | December 22, 2021 | 10:49 pm
Agnico sends Nunavut site workers home amid rising covid-19 cases Agnico is sending workers from three of its Canadian operations back home for at least three weeks. Reuters | December 22, 2021 | 5:13 pm
Albemarle joins newly formed lithium industry body The world's largest producer of lithium for electric vehicles is the latest to join ILiA after mining giants including Rio Tinto and BASF. Reuters | December 22, 2021 | 2:21 pm
Surpluses on the horizon to douse fire under copper prices Mine supply is expected to rise 3.9% to nearly 22 million tonnes next year, according to the International Copper Study Group. Reuters | December 22, 2021 | 9:59 am