October 17, 2018 Tanzania anti-corruption body charges Acacia subsidiaries with tax evasion, money laundering The news comes barely a week after the company said another worker had been released on bail after being charged with corruption.
October 17, 2018 Alcoa to close two Spanish aluminium plants with job losses The Aviles and La Coruna plants were two of the least productive due to intrinsic structural problems such as inefficient technology and high fixed costs.
October 17, 2018 Anglo American ‘encouraged’ by drilling results from copper asset in north Brazil The company's chief executive in Brazil talked about “very promising” drilling results at property located on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
October 17, 2018 Codelco submits $1B plan to extend Salvador mine life beyond 2021 The Rajo Inca project would convert the existing asset, which has been in operation since 1959 and is due to run out of ore in 2021, to an open pit…
October 16, 2018 Why conflicted copper shows little consensus World warehouse stocks are dropping, down 50% since the first of April.
October 16, 2018 Copper smelter hits cause physical squeeze in Asia The copper market is currently experiencing a squeeze on physical metal which is unexpected.
October 16, 2018 Vale rules out major acquisitions CEO Fabio Schvartsman said the company would only invest further in nickel if global prices for the metal rise from $13,000 per tonne currently to around $20,000 per tonne.
October 16, 2018 Rio Tinto delays start of Oyu Tolgoi expansion due to technical issues First production from the $5.3 billion underground expansion of Oyu Tolgoi was originally scheduled for early 2020.
October 15, 2018 BHP raises stake in promising Ecuador copper project BHP has agreed to pay 45 pence per SolGold share.
October 15, 2018 Mineral industry needs to change its exploration and financing model if dearth of green fields discoveries to be overcome Australia’s chronic shortage of Greenfields mineral discoveries can only be overcome by changing the sector’s exploration, financing and training models, according to a keynote speaker at a major international geoscience…
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
