June 9, 2019 Scientists produce gold, silver, copper foams The foams are supposed to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.
June 7, 2019 Nyrstar suspends Port Pirie lead smelter, declares force majeure It stopped output at Port Pirie on May 28 due to an unplanned outage at the blast furnace.
June 7, 2019 Noront and Aroland First Nation to work together on nickel mine in Ontario The Indigenous group will become a shareholder in Noront.
June 6, 2019 Russia’s Rusal says no plans for any projects in Venezuela Russian aluminium producer Rusal does not plan to implement any projects in Venezuela.
June 6, 2019 Nyrstar suspends Port Pirie lead smelter, declares force majeure The company stopped output at Port Pirie on May 28 due to an unplanned outage at the blast furnace.
June 6, 2019 Codelco sweetens offer to avoid strike at Chuquicamata mine The company's latest proposal includes a slightly higher signing bonus than previous offers, union officials said.
June 6, 2019 First Quantum wants to operate Cobre Panama without ‘legal uncertainties’ Cobre Panama is the largest copper mine coming to market over the next couple of years and the biggest single private sector investment in Panama’s history.
June 5, 2019 Copper price falls on worst global factory data since 2012 Growing trade fears combine with shrinking global manufacturing activity to push copper price to lowest level for 2019.
June 5, 2019 Trump’s Cuba gambit pushes Canadian miner Sherritt to the brink Sherritt International Corp., whose executives were once known as Fidel Castro’s favorite capitalists, is paying the price for its close ties to the struggling Caribbean nation.
June 5, 2019 Aluminum’s price premium has doubled and buyers want to know why Donald Trump’s trade wars are increasing scrutiny of an obscure process that has boosted how much U.S. beer makers and bottlers pay for aluminum cans.
EU risks slow demise of aluminum industry if carbon tax not scrapped, Constellium CEO says The upcoming tax - coupled with concerns over supply - has pushed up European premiums for physical metal to a 10-month high. December 05, 2025 | 10:47 am
