November 10, 2018 Brazil’s Votorantim profit falls despite higher revenues Meanwhile, Nexa Resources, a unit of Votorantim, has just approved a $392 million capital expenditure in a zinc mining project in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
November 10, 2018 Zimbabwe platinum miners plan base-metal refinery, minister says The processing plant has been under consideration since at least 2014.
November 9, 2018 Permitting delayed at Black Butte in Montana The company says it will expand its mine plan to include a treated water reservoir that can meet Montana’s new pollution standards.
November 9, 2018 Top copper miner’s output slump adds to worry on metal shortfall Codelco reported declines across all of its mines in September as ore grades fell an average of 5% in the first nine months of the year.
November 8, 2018 Cobalt prices could rally 30% by mid-2019 Glencore's suspension of Congo exports shows how cobalt production expansion plans can go awry.
November 8, 2018 Chile copper output hits 4.25m tonnes through September, up 7.3% Chile, the world's top copper exporter, produced 4.25 million tonnes of copper in the first nine months of 2018.
November 8, 2018 Abundant aluminium stocks and low prices conceal tight market Aluminium is a metal key for the transport and packaging industries but at current prices about 40% of the world's aluminium production is losing money.
November 8, 2018 Indonesia’s Inalum sells $4B in bonds to fund Freeport purchase The deal came amid choppy global markets, rocked by trade concerns and slowing economic growth in Asia - including Indonesia.
November 8, 2018 Japan’s Sumitomo Metal cuts FY profit forecast on lower metal prices Sumitomo Metal cut its full-year forecast, blaming lower-than-expected metal prices amid the U.S.-Sino trade spat, and reduced nickel output.
November 8, 2018 Australia state to roll out new mine rehabilitation rules Queensland state is set to unveil proposed resource regulations that will require miners to pay into an "insurance fund" for the remediation of old mines.
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources, and specifically into copper,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
