Australia’s South32 sees brighter manganese outlook, shares soar The Perth-based miner plans to raise its Australian manganese production by 6 percent to 3.3 million wet metric tonnes. Reuters | April 19, 2018 | 9:58 am
Australia’s Pilbara Minerals to ship first spodumene cargo to China in Aug Spodumene is a mineral mined as a source of lithium, a key ingredient in electric vehicle batteries, for which China is the world's biggest market. Reuters | April 19, 2018 | 9:32 am
Strike halts gold output at two Randgold mines in Mali — union The strike at the company’s Loulo and Gounkoto mines is related to the payment of bonuses and will continue until the issue is resolved. Reuters | April 19, 2018 | 7:45 am
BHP cuts 2018 iron ore forecast, cites rail car upload problems The miner cut its fiscal 2018 production guidance to between 272-274 million tonnes of iron ore from 275-280 million tonnes. Reuters | April 18, 2018 | 5:07 pm
Peru will not ‘impose’ mining projects on communities -prime minister The government of new Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra said it would not "impose" mining projects on nearby communities that object to them. Reuters | April 18, 2018 | 4:22 pm
Prosecutors, Samarco to ask more time for disaster’s compensation plan They are seeking to obtain 30 more days to finish details of the plan. Reuters | April 18, 2018 | 4:10 pm
SQM: lithium mining needs at least $10B investment over 10 years "There is a legitimate concern on the side of the vehicle manufacturers." Reuters | April 18, 2018 | 11:44 am
BHP to produce nickel sulphate next year, eyeing cobalt on battery boom It expects to have sold 90% of its nickel sulphate supply by the end of 2019, two years earlier than anticipated. Reuters | April 18, 2018 | 11:11 am
U.S. Commerce Dept finds aluminum sheet imports from China subsidized The government agency calculated preliminary subsidy margins ranging from 31.20 to 113.30 percent of the value of the imported common alloy aluminum sheet. Reuters | April 17, 2018 | 7:04 pm
Brazil’s Usiminas plans to raise steel prices, reopens furnace Shares of the company rose over 2 percent on Tuesday on the outlook for stronger steel demand, driven by a growing recovery in Brazil's auto industry. Reuters | April 17, 2018 | 5:06 pm
Rio Tinto first-quarter shipments rise 4.7 pct The Anglo-Australian miner maintained its guidance for this year of 330 million to 340 million tonnes. Reuters | April 17, 2018 | 3:57 pm
Chinese iron ore off 10-mth low on March output data The world's biggest steel maker last month churned out a total of 73.98 million tonnes of steel, up 4.5 percent from a year ago. Reuters | April 17, 2018 | 10:20 am
