Glencore profit more than doubles thanks to soaring coal price The firm’s coal division generated earnings of $8.9 billion in the first six months of the year as prices for the fossil fuel have soared. MINING.COM Editor | August 4, 2022 | 3:53 am
State of emergency in Peru as protests hit copper output Government's measure comes as protests against mining companies have shut down 20% of Peru’s copper output. MINING.COM Editor | April 21, 2022 | 6:38 am
Seabridge Gold’s KSM project going greener Miner has inked a deal with power utility BC Hydro, which will supply hydro-sourced electricity during construction of the KSM gold project. MINING.COM Editor | March 1, 2022 | 3:47 am
Rusal halts alumina shipments from Ukraine The move by the world’s top aluminium producer outside China, threatens to further tighten a market that’s already short on supply. MINING.COM Editor | February 28, 2022 | 9:44 am
Activist investor Bluebell presses Glencore to spin off coal assets The London-based hedge fund has charted out a new structure for Glencore that would allow the miner to keep control of its coal assets. MINING.COM Editor | February 14, 2022 | 3:58 am
Copper price sinks as new covid variant spooks markets A new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant found in South Africa shook market sentiment. MINING.COM Editor | November 26, 2021 | 3:53 am
Star Minerals raises $3.6m ahead of listing Explorer will use the funds to acquire its parent company’s Tumblegum South asset in Western Australia. MINING.COM Editor | September 21, 2021 | 6:51 am
US court overturns Trump water rule on environmental grounds Mining and farming representatives said ruling brings back uncertainty around what is regulated and how regulations will be implemented. MINING.COM Editor | September 3, 2021 | 3:55 am
Silver Elephant to spin-out battery metals assets The Gibellini vanadium project, in Nevada, the Manitoba-based Minago nickel project and certain battery metals royalties will be stand-alone companies. MINING.COM Editor | August 27, 2021 | 7:38 am
China Moly commits $2.5 billion to double Tenke Fungurume copper, cobalt output Project at the Congo-based mine, one of the world’s largest copper-cobalt deposits, is expected to be completed in 2023. MINING.COM Editor | August 6, 2021 | 3:49 am
Freeport to acquire Yandera copper project in PNG The imminent purchase follows the junior's acquisition of the Star Mountains copper-gold project, 25km from Ok Tedi. MINING.COM Editor | June 29, 2021 | 5:00 am
Apple said to be in battery supply talks with CATL and BYD The tech giant is said to be negotiating with Chinese battery producers CATL and BYD to secure supply for its allegedly planned electric car. MINING.COM Editor | June 8, 2021 | 9:56 am