Copper price tops $10,000 a tonne for first time in ten yearsEconomies reopening coupled with massive stimulus, faster-than-expected vaccine rollouts, and supportive fundamentals all point to even higher prices, said ING Bank.MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 29, 2021 | 9:40 am
Global gold demand at 13-year low as China buys but investors sell – WGCTraditionally seen as a safe asset, investors bought gold in…Reuters | April 29, 2021 | 8:01 am
Loss-making Tianqi Lithium flags Q2 turnaroundThe company started losing money in the third quarter of…Reuters | April 27, 2021 | 10:47 am
CHARTS: Chinese supercycle can’t be repeated Mining hits a BRIC wall. Frik Els | January 27, 2016 | 4:29 pm
Current mining downturn not a ‘normal’ one — Moody’s The ratings agency expects physical supply/demand imbalance to widen further, leaving miners in extremely weak conditions. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2016 | 3:50 am
CHART: Stop panicking about Chinese growth China’s slowdown is nothing new. Growth peaked in 2007 and had been on a clear downward trend since 2011. Frik Els | January 25, 2016 | 2:58 pm
Comparisons to 2008 spark gold’s fear trade Plunging oil prices, rising market volatility, surging global debt—it’s all beginning to remind some investors of 2008. Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | January 25, 2016 | 3:18 am
Chile losing ground as top copper producer since metal price in the pits From 2005 to 2015 Chile's copper output rose a mere 8%, while Peru’s grew 37%, China’s 114%, Zambia’s 72% and Congo’s 956%. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 22, 2016 | 11:03 am
Moody’s puts 175 energy and mining firms on review as low prices bite Top miners BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Vale and Anglo American are among the firms at risk of rating downgrade. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 22, 2016 | 3:50 am
China shutting another 4,300 coal mines Beijing will invest $4.6 billion over the next three years to close small and inefficient coal mines across the country. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 21, 2016 | 7:58 am
MMG’s gigantic Las Bambas mine in Peru makes first copper shipment to China The company shipped roughly 10,000 tonnes of copper concentrate from Las Bambas from the Port of Matarani to China on Jan. 15. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2016 | 10:57 am
US sets moratorium on new federal coal leases The freeze on new leases for coal mined from federal lands is part of a sweeping review of the federal coal plan. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2016 | 6:55 am