July 25, 2019 Formalizing status of miners could add $1.3 billion annually to Colombia’s GDP Government formalization efforts are meant to expand labor protections, safeguard the environment and collect more taxes and royalties from subsistence miners.
July 25, 2019 Australian lithium producers flag tough market through end of 2019 Several producers of Australian hard rock lithium have been asked by customers to delay shipments, find alternative customers and to renegotiate offtake agreements.
July 25, 2019 Anglo plans $1 billion buyback after bumper iron ore profit The buyback represents a shift for Anglo, which has been focused on repairing its bruised balance sheet and investing in growth.
July 25, 2019 Billionaire Anil Agarwal sells Anglo stake Volcan was Anglo American's biggest shareholder, with a nearly 20% stake.
July 25, 2019 China Molybdenum takes full control of ex-Dreyfus metals unit for $518 million The Chinese firm already had a roughly 45% indirect interest in IXM, formerly the metals business of trading house Louis Dreyfus.
July 25, 2019 Lynas confident on Malaysia licence renewal as expiry looms Malaysia's energy and environment ministry had set conditions in December for Lynas to remove its waste stockpiles before it would renew its licence.
July 25, 2019 Diamond market weakness prompts De Beers to curb supply The move comes as trade tensions between the US and China pushed earnings down 27% in first-half of the year.
July 25, 2019 Mining executives split on who bears burden of climate change The debate among the world’s top miners shows how climate and global warming is becoming a bigger issue facing all companies.
July 24, 2019 Chinese firms to build gold smelter, refineries in Tanzania The government said it had set up 28 mineral trading centres since March to improve revenue collection from small-scale miners.
July 24, 2019 KGHM CEO sees copper price at around $6,000 this year Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.4% at $5,991 a tonne by 0954 GMT.
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