August 23, 2018 US disrupts aluminium supply chain, but not where it counts In the United States, old aluminium smelters are being brought back to life.
August 23, 2018 Australia’s South32 annual profit jumps on robust manganese, alumina demand Australia's South32 Ltd posted a 16 percent rise in its annual underlying earnings, as healthy demand for manganese and alumina helped offset tepid output at its Illawarra coal project.
August 23, 2018 DRC miners form new body to fight mining code The Mining Promotion Initiative's main goal is to engage the government on industry concerns about the country’s new mining code.
August 22, 2018 Chinese firm launches $832m Zambia copper mine NFC Africa, majority owned by China Non-ferrous Metals Company Limited launched output at a new $832 million Zambian copper mine, extending the firm's lifespan by over 20 years.
August 22, 2018 Planes and trains oust miners from top ranks of Canada benchmark Companies that make and move things are now a bigger part of Canada’s stock market than those that dig them up.
August 22, 2018 Chinese, Canadian-Finnish, Cypriot firms bid for Serbia copper mine China's Zijin Mining, Canadian-Finnish fund Champion and Cyprus-based U Gold have bid for a strategic partnership in RTB Bor, Serbia's only copper mine and smelter.
August 22, 2018 Zambia copper output up 10.6% in first half of 2018 – central bank Stable power supply and relatively higher metal prices prove beneficial to Zambia's copper industry.
August 22, 2018 Western Australia junior gets ‘conerstone’ funding from Chinese battery manufacturer Advancing a nickel-copper-PGE sulphide deposits and gold in Western Australia.
August 21, 2018 World mine copper production up 5.7% in the first five months of 2018 Help from Latin America and Southeast Asia.
August 21, 2018 Teck partially suspends smelter due to forest fire smoke No timeline for resumption of operations.
Ioneer expects partner search to conclude in H1 2026 In July, the Australian mine developer launched a formal strategic partnering process after Sibanye-Stillwater walked away from the lithium-boron project. December 19, 2025 | 08:18 am
