January 11, 2018

Zambia sees mining revenue rising on higher copper price

The nation expects to collect more revenue from mining companies this year compared to 2017 after copper prices rose above $7,000 per tonne.

January 11, 2018

Indonesia hopes to finalize Freeport contract talks by June

Although divestment issues are still unresolved, Indonesia hopes to finalize contract talks with Freeport McMoRan Inc over the Grasberg copper mine by June.

January 11, 2018

Mining profits are super-charged and BlackRock wants to get paid

“A lot of investors were really badly burned, ourselves included.”

January 11, 2018

BHP is building an EV hub it doesn’t want to keep

The good luck for BHP is that only about 40 to 45 percent of existing nickel mine supply is suitable for processing into a battery-grade chemical product.

January 10, 2018

Pancontinental in the quest for “blue gold”

The company is looking in Canada, the world's No. 3 cobalt producer.

January 10, 2018

Electric cars market threatened by potential cobalt tax hike in Congo

The nation, responsible for about two thirds of global output, plans to increase tax on cobalt to 5% from 2%.

January 10, 2018

Giant Bougainville mine restart stalls on moratorium over fears of civil unrest

The Bougainville government has imposed an indefinite moratorium on mining at the controversial Panguna site — once the world's biggest open-pit copper mine.

January 10, 2018

Liberty House makes binding offer for Rio Tinto’s French aluminium smelter

Liberty House is the industrial arm of British steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance and Rio's aluminium smelter in Dunkirk, France, is the largest in Europe.

January 10, 2018

Centamin jumps on better-than-expected gold output estimates

The Egypt-focused gold miner also expects solid growth this year. It’s targeting 580,000 ounces in production, up from an estimate of 550,000-560,000 ounces.

January 9, 2018

Chile’s Andina mine to be modified to protect glaciers

Codelco will invest $250 million to modify the shape of the current pit.