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Copper price jumps as China turns away Australian concentrate

Copper within sight of June 2018 peak. Australian trader: "If you had a ship full of concentrate floating offshore, you’re rapidly trying to find a home.”

MINING.com Editor | November 6, 2020 | 12:00 pm

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

China to expand ban on Australian imports to copper; Rio…

MINING.com Editor | November 6, 2020 | 10:23 am

China’s Australian copper ban seen hurting smelters in TC/RCs talks

Ban on Australian copper concentrate imports could hurt Chinese smelters…

Reuters | November 6, 2020 | 7:47 am

Albemarle moves ahead with expansions despite lithium market weakness

The world’s no. 1 lithium miner expects to commission its…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 5, 2020 | 7:09 am

Talga receives $1.2m from UK to conduct anode refinery study

A potential UK refinery would produce Talga’s anode product using…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 5, 2020 | 6:14 am

Ownership of Panguna copper-gold mine triggers fresh dispute

Conflict comes as Rio Tinto donated its majority stake in the operation to both Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville last month.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 31, 2016 | 9:54 am

Coking coal prices are on fire — up more than 80% in six months

This kind of coal, used in steel-making, jumped 41% in August alone to nearly $140 a tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 31, 2016 | 4:05 am

This Aussie miner will pay shareholders in gold

Resolute Mining, a junior with operations across Australia and Africa, said the novel gold-linked dividend policy is a world first.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2016 | 5:45 am

BHP whistleblower paid $3.7 million

The first time the SEC has paid an Australian whistleblower in a corruption case.

Frik Els | August 29, 2016 | 3:15 pm

Australian fund takes over Anglo American’s Foxleigh coal mine

The sale is part of Anglo’s plan to exit coal as well as the miner's divestment scheme aimed to raise between $3bn and $4bn by year-end.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 29, 2016 | 3:47 am

Higher gold price will add 10m annual ounces by 2020

The world is far from reaching peak gold – miners are making the most of a rising gold price to bring giant projects on stream before the end of the decade.

Frik Els | August 26, 2016 | 11:08 am

Mining has nothing to fear from Fed rate hikes

Study shows commodities have been the best performing asset class during Fed rating hike cycles since 1983 with average returns for industrial metals 44%

Frik Els | August 25, 2016 | 2:58 pm