December 5, 2022 CMOC threatens legal action over Congo cobalt mine export block Tenke Fungurume Mining suspended copper and cobalt exports in July, when a dispute between Congo and CMOC escalated.
December 5, 2022 Glencore pays $180 million to Congo to settle corruption claims Deal is the latest payment in a series of graft cases Glencore has faced and covers all alleged corruption activities between 2007 and 2018.
December 2, 2022 Argentina pressing US for exception to tap EV tax bonanza The key to whether producers in Argentina and some other nations will be eligible for the tax credits is in the interpretation of “extracted or processed.”
December 2, 2022 Saudi Arabia aims to become leader in sustainable mining With 17% of the world's proven petroleum reserves, the kingdom is seeking to explore what it calls a vast, new, and largely untapped minerals super-region stretching from Africa to Central…
December 2, 2022 Chile copper production up 1.4% in October – Cochilco Production from state-owned giant Codelco fell 5.8% on a yearly basis to 135,800 tonnes.
December 1, 2022 JPMorgan gold trader’s spoofing wasn’t illegal, lawyer says Christopher Jordan is the last of four men who worked on the JPMorgan precious-metals desk to be prosecuted for deceptive buy and sell orders.
December 1, 2022 Biden moves to bar mining waste in Alaska, blocking Pebble mine The EPA issued a formal recommendation Thursday to bar the disposal of mining waste in Bristol Bay, which hosts the world’s largest harvest of sockeye salmon.
December 1, 2022 Nutrien sees fertilizer shortfall on Russia and Belarus woes The Saskatchewan-based company has said it will ramp up potash output capability to 18 million tonnes by 2025, a 40% increase compared to 2020.
December 1, 2022 Why the Fed is wrong about inflation Regarding what the Fed does or doesn’t do, the problem is the central bank is using the wrong numbers.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am