April 20, 2018 Cochilco forecasts Chile’s 2018 copper output up 4.3 pct Chilean copper commission Cochilco forecast on Friday that Chile would produce 5.76 million tonnes of the red metal in 2018.
April 20, 2018 Sanctions fever grips nickel as market rethinks Russia risk — Andy Home With Russian aluminium producer Rusal imploding in the wake of U.S. sanctions against its oligarch owner Oleg Deripaska, attention is now turning to the status of another Russian industrial powerhouse,…
April 19, 2018 China, the highly problematic saviour of the global aluminium market? Andy Home As supply fears grow, the market's attention is turning to China as a potential source of aluminium.
April 19, 2018 Canada’s Copper Mountain grabs Altona Mining in $72-million deal Merger creates a mid-sized copper miner, with an expected annual production of about 73,000 tonnes of the metal.
April 19, 2018 Sanctions fallout upends metals as aluminum, nickel burst higher Aluminum rallied as much as 7.1 percent, a record intraday gain, to $2,718 a ton in London.
April 19, 2018 Australia’s South32 sees brighter manganese outlook, shares soar The Perth-based miner plans to raise its Australian manganese production by 6 percent to 3.3 million wet metric tonnes.
April 19, 2018 Embattled Acacia Mining keeps losing money due to Tanzania tax row Revenue in the first quarter slumped almost 50% due mainly to reduced operations at its flagship Bulyanhulu gold mine.
April 18, 2018 RCT’s bespoke solution a world-first The Codelco-owned site is prone to mud rush caused by ice melting on the Andes range situated on the surface, a hazard that closed the exploration area for months on…
April 18, 2018 Argentinian government wants to change Glacier Law to boost mining development The Deputy Secretary of Mining Policy said the world needs Argentina's copper, lithium, gold and silver.
April 18, 2018 BHP cuts 2018 iron ore forecast, cites rail car upload problems The miner cut its fiscal 2018 production guidance to between 272-274 million tonnes of iron ore from 275-280 million tonnes.
Gabon to audit mining deals as reforms start amid IMF talks As part of discussions with the multilateral lender, President Brice Oligui Nguema “has demanded the full publication of all mining agreements". December 19, 2025 | 10:51 am
