Malaysia lifts bauxite mining moratorium after 3-year ban Malaysia was once the biggest supplier of bauxite to top buyer China, with shipments peaking at nearly 3.5 million tonnes a month. Reuters | February 18, 2019 | 11:15 am
Grasberg hasn’t received new copper export permit Indonesia forecast copper concentrate exports to drop to 200,000 tonnes in 2019 from about 1.2 million tonnes last year. Reuters | February 18, 2019 | 10:10 am
Zimbabwean rescuers pull 22 bodies from mine, eight more found alive The government declared the accident a disaster. Reuters | February 17, 2019 | 9:13 am
Trust in tailings? Vale dam disaster spurs investors into action The disaster has called into question the willingness of investors and lenders to continue funding the broader industry. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 1:30 pm
Miner Vale says fire to halt operations at Malaysia distribution center The company said the fire should have a reduced impact on shipments as 10 days of preventive maintenance was already programmed at the terminal. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 11:02 am
Mongolia posts 6.9% economic growth in 2018 Coal and copper generate almost 70% of Mongolia's total export revenues and most of its mining output is sold to neighboring China. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:40 am
South Africa’s Gold Fields FY profit slumps as production drops Revenue dropped 7% to $2.58 billion in 2018 from $2.76 billion in 2017 due to the lower ounces sold. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:28 am
EU starts investigation into Chinese steel wheel imports The investigation could lead to provisional duties being applied within nine months and definitive duties, typically in place for five years, in 15 months. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:13 am
Brazil’s Usiminas more than doubles profits in 2018 Brazil's Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais posted $223.21 million in profit in 2018. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:01 am
India, Japan demand falls; holiday hangover dulls trade elsewhere Until there is a solution to what is happening globally with Brexit and trade talks, we might see no clear direction. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 9:53 am
Zimbabwe set to retrieve trapped illegal miners, more casualties expected The miners were trapped on Tuesday night when the shafts they were working in were flooded after a nearby dam burst. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 9:16 am
South32’s Colombia ferronickel unit avoids strike with mine unions South32 produces nickel from ferronickel in an open pit mine near the municipality of Montelibano, in the western department of Cordoba. Reuters | February 14, 2019 | 11:07 am
