May 19, 2014 Bismuth – a window to the future This scarce industrial metal has characteristics similar to lead, but is non-toxic.
May 18, 2014 Africa FDI at decade high Foreign direct investment is shifting from extractive industries to consumer-related sectors according to new report.
May 18, 2014 MIT developing platinum replacement A team of scientists is working on a process to replace platinum-group metals (PGMs) with more widely available elements.
May 18, 2014 Late stage mining projects have less jurisdictional safety for investors Story developed using data from Mining Intelligence. Learn more and schedule a demo. On average late stage mining projects are located in regions that […]
May 18, 2014 Global mining deals picking up, but far from returning to boom times Companies’ low valuation, the current focus on operational efficiency in the mining sector, and the chase for overseas assets by Chinese investors, are pushing deals up.
May 18, 2014 Copper-based experiment leads academic to find new way to treat cancer Physicist finds that when the copper-cysteamine complex he created in his lab was exposed to X-rays, it started emitting a toxic by-product that damages cancer cells.
May 16, 2014 Bitter takeover battle for giant US copper mine hots up Hudbay extends hostile takeover bid for junior Augusta Resources on Friday after shares in owner of the Rosemont copper project in Arizona are dumped.
May 16, 2014 World’s largest platinum mine to remain shut for months on S. Africa strike Impala Platinum (Implats) has lost about 246,000 ounces of production of the metal since the strike started,
May 15, 2014 Chile’s Bachelet likely to name new Codelco chief next week The announcement could come anytime before May 21, when the President is scheduled to address the nation.
May 15, 2014 Ivanhoe studies options for African projects facing funding crunch, shares plunge The Kamoa and Kipushi projects make up 83% of the Ivanhoe's net asset value.
Antofagasta agrees zero copper processing charges for 2026 with Chinese smelter The deal compares to charges of $21.25 a ton and 2.125 cents per lb for 2025 agreed last December. December 19, 2025 | 09:03 am
