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Glencore taps coal head Gary Nagle as new CEO; Mining supercycle talk back; Carmakers have blind spot for lithium, cobalt, nickel prices

MINING.com Editor | December 4, 2020 | 3:50 pm

Iron ore prices are going ballistic

Iron ore surges 6% to March 2013 high on Friday…

Frik Els | December 4, 2020 | 11:07 am

Glencore taps coal head Gary Nagle as new CEO

Announcement came as the Swiss firm revealed an ambitious plan…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2020 | 3:51 am

Not enough class 1 nickel in the pipeline – Sherritt CEO

Carmakers are coming to appreciate the difference between the mining…

Amanda Stutt | December 3, 2020 | 11:23 am

Yamana makes ‘significant progress’ in first year of generative exploration

The objective is to discover a standalone project with inferred…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 3, 2020 | 9:42 am

Anglo American not selling assets any more as it returns to profit

The world's number five diversified miner posted its first annual net profit in five years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2017 | 3:10 am

FLSmidth awarded first phase of EPC contract for gold mine

Belo Sun Mining Corp. has awarded FLSmidth the first phase of an EPC contract for the Volta Grande gold mine processing plant in Brazil’s Amazon region.

FLSmidth | February 21, 2017 | 8:42 am

Colombian court lets Zonte Metal sue authorities over gold permit rejection

The Canadian junior explorer argues its exploration application was not processed in accordance with the country’s mining code.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2017 | 5:25 am

BHP Billiton back into the black, pays higher-than-expected dividend

Net profit was $3.2bn for the six months to December 31, compared with a loss of $5.7bn in the same period a year earlier.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2017 | 3:10 am

Vale’s iron ore output just hit another record

The world’s No.1 iron ore miner produced 349 million tonnes of the steelmaking ingredient in 2016, helped partly by the opening of its massive S11D mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2017 | 6:20 am