October 25, 2018 Surging US steel helps iron ore price to 9-month high Global steel production stays strong in September with Chinese furnaces blasting at near record pace and US output surging 9%.
October 25, 2018 Barrick could trade copper mines for gold ones to expand Tier 1 assets The combined miner plans to focus on Tier 1 assets, those producing at least 500,000 ounces of gold annually, with a mine life of more than 10 years and low…
October 24, 2018 Copper price drop prompts expansion rethink at top producer Freeport-McMoRan CEO Richard Adkerson says reduced spending on large-scale projects will add to the impending supply gap on global copper markets.
October 24, 2018 About $5B in assets to be sold due to Barrick-Randgold merger — expert BMO Capital Markets has flagged a total of 13 mines that could be sold following the $6-billion merger.
October 24, 2018 Antofagasta cuts copper output guidance, sees increase in 2019 Company now expects to produce between 705,000-725,000 tonnes this year, down from the earlier 705-740,000 tonnes target.
October 23, 2018 B2Gold completes expansion study for El Limon mine The expansion is seen as a step in the right direction for BTO to hit its long-term 1 million oz. per year target.
October 18, 2018 Mountain Province Diamonds latest sale nets $24 million Mountain Province Diamonds is a 49% participant with De Beers in the Gahcho Kué diamond mine.
October 16, 2018 Why conflicted copper shows little consensus World warehouse stocks are dropping, down 50% since the first of April.
October 16, 2018 Rio Tinto delays start of Oyu Tolgoi expansion due to technical issues First production from the $5.3 billion underground expansion of Oyu Tolgoi was originally scheduled for early 2020.
October 15, 2018 Vanadium price leaps to near-record high New rebar standards in China and spiking demand from green energy storage sector pushes vanadium up 550% in two years.
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