Copper price extends recovery on China’s efforts to tame housing woes A growing number of home buyers across China threatened to stop making mortgage payments for stalled property projects. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 18, 2022 | 9:11 am
Governments turn against deep-sea mining as EV boom drives demand for metals The deep ocean contains the largest estimated deposits of minerals on the planet, potentially worth trillions of dollars. Bloomberg News | July 18, 2022 | 7:52 am
Feeding copper to microbes may help curb GHG emissions Copper is key to avoiding the production of nitrous oxide, the third most potent greenhouse gas. Staff Writer | July 18, 2022 | 5:05 am
Barrick close to final deal with Pakistan on $7bn copper project Teams from Barrick and Pakistan are currently finalizing a framework deal to develop the giant Reko Diq copper-gold deposit. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2022 | 4:00 am
BHP may reconsider investments in Chile if tax hikes go forward BHP said in a statement that higher taxes would make Chile more expensive than other top mining jurisdictions like Australia, Canada and Peru. Reuters | July 17, 2022 | 10:42 am
CMOC’s Congo mine suspends copper and cobalt exports MOC's Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine has suspended all exports. Reuters | July 17, 2022 | 10:34 am
Ancient piece of earth’s crust defines location of economically important minerals The almost four billion-year-old piece of the earth's crust lies beneath the southwestern part of Western Australia. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 17, 2022 | 7:31 am
LME delays by seven weeks requirement for OTC reporting The delay to Sept. 5 from the original implementation date of July 18 was to ensure that data is reported properly and accurately, the LME said. Reuters | July 15, 2022 | 11:04 am
Column: China’s sluggish commodity imports set to improve, but risks abound Overall, China is at a very different point in its economic cycle to much of the rest of the world, writes Clyde Russell. Reuters | July 15, 2022 | 8:29 am