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Glencore ordered to pay $700 million by US judge in bribery case

The penalty is part of the $1.5 billion Glencore agreed to pay to resolve bribery and market-manipulation probes in the US, UK and Brazil.

Bloomberg News | February 28, 2023 | 9:30 am

Armenia approves restart of Amulsar gold mine

Lydian broke ground at Amulsar in 2016, but development was…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2023 | 6:53 am

How zircon helps identify untapped copper deposits

Zircons are considered nature’s time capsules.

Staff Writer | February 28, 2023 | 6:02 am

Trafigura lines up Russia aluminum deal in challenge to Glencore

Trafigura Group is in talks to buy aluminum from United…

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 11:42 am

Trafigura’s non-existent nickel was bought by a US firm

Trafigura sold cargoes of nickel it now believes may not…

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 10:05 am

Coal price surges as Ukraine tensions worsen supply woes

The benchmark Newcastle coal index has soared by over a third this month to $262 a tonne.

Reuters | January 28, 2022 | 7:58 am

Rare earths reveal new info in volcanoes’ CO2 emissions

Researchers use niobium and tantalum as tracers to analyze magmas from four volcanoes and investigate their carbon dioxide emissions.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 28, 2022 | 6:06 am

BHP shares fall on last day of trading in London

The company’s 20-year-old presence in the stock draws to a close, as part of a plan to simplify its corporate structure.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 28, 2022 | 3:55 am

Add another 1m tonnes to annual copper demand from EVs

2021 saw a surge in new electrodeposited copper foil manufacturing capacity – just one use leading to a 5-fold increase in copper demand from EVs over the next decade.

Frik Els | January 27, 2022 | 3:09 pm

Palladium price highest in four months amid Ukraine-Russia crisis

Tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine have heightened concerns supplies may be disrupted.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 27, 2022 | 9:07 am

KGHM gives employees 10% raise

One of the world's biggest copper and silver producers, the company employs more than 18,500.

Reuters | January 27, 2022 | 8:09 am

De Beers boosts production to meet recovering demand

It saw 2021 production jump by 29% to 32.3 million carats, as the miner boosted output to meet recovering demand.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2022 | 6:52 am

Anglo American ups copper guidance on Quellaveco start

It expects to produce between 680,000 and 760,000 tonnes in 2022, as the giant copper mine in Peru begins operations mid-year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2022 | 4:35 am

Glencore, Managem to produce cobalt from recycled batteries

The companies have partnered up to extract cobalt, lithium carbonate and nickel hydroxide from recycled battery materials.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 26, 2022 | 3:49 am

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