October 18, 2018 Zinc, lead, other metals debut trading on Shanghai physical platform Total volume reached 252 million yuan ($36.3 million).
October 18, 2018 Freeport eyes majority stake in Solaris early stage Chile project The US miner has agreed to a deal that would give it up to 80% in Solaris' Ricardo property.
October 18, 2018 Canada drops US-made aluminum-can tariff amid beer can shortage Canada's move to drop a 10 percent duty on U.S.-made aluminum cans is good news for Canadian beer makers battling a shortage of tall cans.
October 18, 2018 Hudbay investor is said to seek changes to miner’s board Waterton Global Resource Management has expressed its concerns to Hudbay Chairman Alan Hibben, telling him that it would reserve the right to do anything it deemed necessary to improve the…
October 18, 2018 Spanish environmentalists demand mine closures The activists expressed their complaints at the European Parliament.
October 17, 2018 Freeport CEO may be ready to sell, but are there any buyers? With its biggest stock overhang and a deal around its flagship asset in Indonesia close to being solved, the miner has said all options are open, even potentially a sale…
October 17, 2018 Glencore chair Tony Hayward latest to drop out of Saudi conference Another executive pulls out of conference due to widespread concern about the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
October 17, 2018 Zambia’s finance minister says new mining taxes will not hit operations Mining companies operating in Zambia will still meet their operational costs even after the government imposes higher taxes.
October 17, 2018 World’s top miner embracing the boom in electric car batteries BHP Billiton Ltd. is boosting sales of the top-quality nickel that’s needed for electric vehicle batteries, another sign that the world’s biggest miner is targeting more opportunities in the booming…
October 17, 2018 BHP says it has seen no material impact from trade tensions Though we have not seen a material impact on our business, we remain cautious in the near term
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
