South Africa’s mines minister to challenge court ruling on black ownership threshold The appeal will add a layer of uncertainty to a sector battered for years by depressed prices, soaring costs and opaque policies. Reuters | April 24, 2018 | 10:26 am
Cuba sees 2018 nickel plus cobalt output topping 50,000 tonnes The country was ranked 10th in world nickel production in 2016 and sixth in cobalt. Reuters | April 24, 2018 | 10:16 am
Congo’s state miner seeks to dissolve Glencore venture over debts Gecamines said on Tuesday that debts owed by Kamoto to Glencore and its subsidiaries at the end of 2017 topped $9 billion. Reuters | April 24, 2018 | 9:54 am
Union at BHP’s Escondida copper mine in Chile says no advance deal likely The union accepted an offer to begin early negotiations with the Anglo-Australian miner in March to avoid another strike at the northern Chile mine. Reuters | April 24, 2018 | 9:44 am
First-quarter profit rise at Sweden’s Sandvik marred by mining miss Its shares are still up more than 10 percent in 2018, outperforming a flat European industrial sector index. Reuters | April 24, 2018 | 9:25 am
Freeport profit misses on lower-than-expected copper sales The Phoenix, Arizona-based copper miner reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as red metal sales missed the company's forecast. Reuters | April 24, 2018 | 4:45 am
Australia’s Fortescue iron ore shipments, price fall in Q3 The iron ore producer reported a 2 percent fall in third-quarter iron ore shipments on reduced demand in China. Reuters | April 23, 2018 | 5:07 pm
Barrick Gold earnings just beat market; turns focus to growth Barrick Gold Corp reported a slightly better than expected increase in first-quarter adjusted profit on Monday. Reuters | April 23, 2018 | 2:44 pm
Indonesia’s Adaro targets 35 pct growth in coking coal output Indonesian coal miner Adaro Energy is targeting coking coal output of 1 million tonnes this year, up from 740,000 tonnes in 2017. Reuters | April 23, 2018 | 10:49 am
Chalco Q1 profits fall 19.4 pct on lower aluminium prices Chalco produced approximately 3.61 million tonnes of aluminium last year, according to a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week. Reuters | April 23, 2018 | 10:41 am
Poland’s KGHM says Q1 copper sales fall 12 pct yr-on-yr KGHM also said in a statement that silver sales fell in the same quarter by 16 percent to 212.6 tonnes. Reuters | April 23, 2018 | 10:18 am
US extends deadline for Rusal sanctions, aluminum prices dive Aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange tumbled more than 8 percent after the U.S. Treasury Department announcement. Reuters | April 23, 2018 | 10:09 am