August 15, 2018 Mining and metals markets crater as copper price enters bear market Investors found no solace in traditional safe haven gold with the precious metal setting a one-and-a-half year low.
August 15, 2018 Copper price: BHP averts strike at Escondida After a near 5% drop on Wednesday, news that a strike had been averted at the world's largest copper mine put a cap on hopes of a recovery for the…
August 15, 2018 Rio Tinto closer to selling $6bn stake in Iron Ore of Canada Company is said to have hired Credit Suisse to conduct an auction of its 58.7% interest in IOC.
August 15, 2018 Gold Fields boss says South Deep lay-offs are ‘last-gasp measure’ Holland said the company has made every effort to avoid the drastic move, but said the choice was now between that and serious risk to the future of South Deep…
August 15, 2018 Gem Diamonds big discoveries reach a dozen The company that digs the world’s most valuable diamonds may soon become the one that also finds the biggest.
August 14, 2018 Copper price falls as China investment grows at slowest pace on record Called off strike at world's largest copper mine adds to pressure on copper price now down nearly 20% in little over two months.
August 14, 2018 Columbus Gold to buy 70% stake in Maripa project from IAMGOLD The project is made up of five contiguous exploration permits and has a historic gold production of around 40,000 ounces of gold, mined between 1985 and 1996.
August 14, 2018 China’s Ganfeng grabs SQM’s stake in Argentinean lithium project The $87.5-million deal is the latest Chinese acquisition of a lithium project in South America, following Tianqi Lithium’s decision to buy 24% of SQM for $4.1 billion, which has not…
August 14, 2018 Lithium boom unlikely to disrupt potash market — analyst While lithium and potash are often found in the same deposits and mined together, the increasing number of projects aimed at producing the white metal shouldn’t have an impact in…
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
