February 7, 2018 Rio Tinto pays biggest divvy in history as profit hits three-year high Mining giant posts 90% increase in profit amid what CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques calls “resilient” commodity prices.
February 7, 2018 Russia’s Nornickel to grow platinum group metals mining in new JV The world's leading palladium producer is planning a joint venture with Russian Platinum.
February 7, 2018 Why Tesla is turning to Chile for its lithium: Andy Home Chile is an obvious place for Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, to look for secure supply, as the global lithium mother-lode is in the brine lakes of the country's Atacama…
February 7, 2018 Second accident in a week at a Sibanye-Stillwater mine kills two Two employees were trapped underground and later died in a fall of ground incident at the company's Kloof gold mine.
February 6, 2018 Mining companies are suddenly positive on South Africa again Cyril Ramaphosa isn’t even president yet and mining companies are already changing their tune on South Africa.
February 6, 2018 South32 prepares to spin off South African coal assets within six months President and chief operating officer Mike Frasersaid company has received a number of offers for the assets, which it up for sale in November last year as part of a…
February 6, 2018 Zimbabwe to enter lithium market with $1.4bn mine Country is backing Prospect Resources’ (ASX:PSC) Arcadia lithium project, expected to generate that much revenue over eight years.
February 6, 2018 Investment poised to increase in Chile – central bank survey Chile's economy is poised to improve by mid-year as rebounding copper prices and President-elect Sebastian Pinera's promise of business-friendly policies increase optimism among investors.
February 6, 2018 Sandvik invests $25 million to boost use of metal 3D printing 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file and Sandvik wants to use it for scale production.
February 5, 2018 Monday massacre: Gold price rises as stocks crater Gold, copper prices gain as US blue chip index suffers worst points drop in history.
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
