July 19, 2018 Miners wrote off almost one-third of investments over last decade From the $939bn invested in major projects between 2008 and 2017, the world’s top 40 mining companies by market cap. wrote-off $273bn or 29% of the initial capital outlay.
July 18, 2018 Trade war spills into uranium as U.S. weighs import tariffs The Trump administration began an investigation into whether uranium imports threaten national security, a move that may lead to tariffs on the nuclear power plant fuel.
July 18, 2018 Greece shortlists Glencore and Vitol in Hellenic Petroleum majority stake sale Greece has shortlisted Anglo-Swiss Glencore and Swiss Vitol to submit a binding bid for a majority stake in the country's biggest oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum
July 18, 2018 BHP posts record annual iron ore output, beats Q4 forecasts Shares in the miner jumped more than 3% after both quarterly and full-year production rose 3% on improved productivity.
July 18, 2018 Peru unit of Plateau Energy finds one of ‘world’s largest’ lithium resource Company plans to complete a feasibility study next year, which will reveal whether the proposed $800 million, underground lithium-uranium mine can and should be built.
July 18, 2018 Earth holds quadrillion tonnes of diamonds deep beneath its surface Getting to them would take technology far beyond what we currently have at our disposal.
July 17, 2018 LME to launch monthly ‘implied pricing’ for base metals Starting on July 30, the LME will start providing a set of synthetic monthly prices for the six main base metals — copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, nickel and tin.
July 16, 2018 Four miners killed in Georgia in coal mine accident, officials say The government will close the mine until an investigation is complete and it gets the conclusions of international experts.
July 15, 2018 Africa’s richest man signs $650 mln Afreximbank loan for oil refinery The seven-year term loan would attract a moratorium of five years, according to facility terms read out during the signing.
July 13, 2018 Reduced head count, capex spending biggest contributor to mine efficiency mid-decade: McKinsey To stay productive, McKinsey warns that miners must maintain fiscal discipline.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
