Fires and climate fears rattle Australia’s giant coal lobby Australia's devastating bushfire season has fuelled public anger towards powerful lobby groups that support new coal mines. Reuters | February 20, 2020 | 7:38 am
Eramet sees 3Mt in nickel ore output this year at Indonesia mine Eramet and Tsingshan are targeting annual NPI production of 30,000 tonnes per year from their joint venture. Reuters | February 20, 2020 | 7:27 am
Albemarle expects 2020 profit drop as lithium prices sag Lithium companies in the past year have been producing more than automakers currently need, denting prices. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 4:00 pm
Mexican government to resume search for miners killed in 2006 blast Labor Secretary Luisa Maria Alcalde said specialists have identified a new route to enter the Pasta de Conchos mine. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 2:01 pm
Eramet freezes lithium mine project in Argentina A deterioration in the global economic outlook has also led the company to scale back a planned expansion of its manganese mining operation in Gabon. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 11:23 am
Namibia expects economy to grow in 2020 driven by the mining sector Diamond mining is the largest taxpayer in Namibia and generates 20% of the country's export earnings. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 10:13 am
South Africa could use mining royalties to set up sovereign fund Many analysts are sceptical about the government idea, given that South Africa's mining industry is in decline. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 9:23 am
Colombia looks to recover $181.5m in alleged unpaid royalties from South32 According to initial findings the Australian miner applied incorrect discounts and deductions. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 8:29 am
Freeport Indonesia aims for August kick-off of construction on new copper smelter Front-end engineering and design for the $3 billion smelter has been concluded. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 8:23 am
Rising metals prices spur Sibanye to second-half rebound Strike action had disrupted operations in the first half of 2019. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 7:29 am
China hikes H1 rare earth output quota as industry grapples with virus The first rare earth mining output quota for 2020 was set at 66,000 tonnes, equal to 50% of last year's total allocation. Reuters | February 19, 2020 | 7:23 am
Fortescue profit spikes on iron ore price jump, but dividend seen conservative The miner declared an interim dividend of A$0.76 per share, up from A$0.19 per share last year. Reuters | February 18, 2020 | 2:43 pm