Western Australia junior gets ‘conerstone’ funding from Chinese battery manufacturer Advancing a nickel-copper-PGE sulphide deposits and gold in Western Australia. Michael McCrae | August 22, 2018 | 3:02 am
World mine copper production up 5.7% in the first five months of 2018 Help from Latin America and Southeast Asia. MINING.com Editor | August 21, 2018 | 2:59 pm
Teck partially suspends smelter due to forest fire smoke No timeline for resumption of operations. Michael McCrae | August 21, 2018 | 2:39 pm
Three companies from Canada, China, Russia bid for Serbian copper mine Serbia's government said it was seeking a partner to invest at least $350 million in debt-laden RTB Bor. Reuters | August 21, 2018 | 10:07 am
Technical issue disrupts BHP’s Olympic Dam copper smelter Company is assessing the impact of an ongoing outage at the processing plant. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2018 | 5:30 am
BHP’s costs crash diet is running out of steam: David Fickling Going on a crash diet seems great while you’re shedding the pounds. The problem is sticking with it for the long term. Bloomberg News | August 21, 2018 | 3:00 am
BHP annual profit jumps 33 percent, misses forecast Analysts thought profits would reach $9.27 billion. Reuters | August 20, 2018 | 4:00 pm
Chile economy posts biggest jump in growth in six years Chile's gross domestic product grew 5.3 percent in the second-quarter of 2018 which is its biggest jump in nearly six years. Reuters | August 20, 2018 | 10:17 am
Hedge funds turned record short on metals just before the rout As U.S.-China trade tensions escalated mid-June, fast-money traders flipped to a short position in metals overall. Bloomberg News | August 19, 2018 | 8:33 am
