December 4, 2018 No. 2 platinum miner mulls purchases in low-cost asset shift Chief Executive Officer Nicolaas Muller said Implats could return to profit by around 2020 by shutting older shafts at its Rustenburg mining complex.
December 4, 2018 Copper deals to get elusive after Teck’s $1.2 billion sale The expansion of the mine, which will require an estimated investment of $4.7 billion, is set to start producing in 2021 and could double Teck’s copper business.
December 4, 2018 Miramont gets green light to start drilling at Peruvian project The Vancouver-based miner anticipates drilling to begin early in the New Year.
December 4, 2018 DRDGOLD begins first phase of Far West tailings project The South African miner is kicking off this week its Far West gold recoveries project in Gauteng with the pumping of reclaimed tailings into the carbon-in-leach circuit, just four months…
December 4, 2018 Teck chooses Sumitomo to develop Chilean copper project in $1.2B deal Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. will pay $800 million earn-in contribution and $400 million matching contribution for a third of Teck's 90% interest in Quebrada Blanca mine.
December 3, 2018 Trade truce lights fire under mining stocks Relief that an escalation in the trade war between the US and China has been avoided – at least for now – sparked a huge rally in mining stocks on…
December 3, 2018 Glasenberg says he’ll stay for 3 to 5 years: Glencore Update "When I go I hope it’ll be a 45-year-old who’ll take over," Glasenberg said
December 3, 2018 China copper premiums slump to 18-month low as demand wanes The premiums, paid on top of benchmark three-month London Metal Exchange (LME) prices, fell 10.7% from Friday's levels to $62.50 a tonne, the lowest since June 2017.
December 3, 2018 Trade war relief for metals, but bull-bear battle rages on: Andy Home The macro picture may have brightened just a little after the weekend meeting of the U.S. and Chinese presidents, but signs the global economy is losing momentum, do not bode…
December 3, 2018 Nautilus setting JV to secure support vessels for Solwara 1 project The support ship will be used at the company's Solwara 1 gold, copper and silver project, off the coast of Papua Guinea, set to be the world’s first commercial deep-sea…
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
