December 2, 2021 Chinese embassy calls upon citizens to leave three provinces in the DRC An attack on November 24 against an artisanal gold mine in Ituri province left four people dead, including two Chinese nationals.
December 2, 2021 Hummingbird Resources restarts Mali gold mine It said stoppage will affect full-year production, placing it below the bottom end of the expected 100,000-110,000 gold ounces range.
December 2, 2021 Yamana Gold ups production targets after find in Quebec It expects gold output from its Canadian mines to reach 500,000 ounces a year by 2028 thanks to new mineralized zones found at Wasamac.
December 1, 2021 Iron ore price up on supply concerns in China Some border cities in China's Inner Mongolia region and Heilongjiang province have halted non-container imports by rail for commodities including iron ore.
December 1, 2021 Asteroid “ideal for mining exploration” to enter Earth’s orbit next week An asteroid as big as a football field has been singled out by scientists as an ideal target for a mining exploration mission.
December 1, 2021 Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time record this year, but that's not enough to reach net zero emissions by 2050, says the agency.
November 30, 2021 Dalian iron ore price up on restocking demand "China's steel demand is now bottoming out," said CreditSights in a note.
November 30, 2021 Turquoise Hill okays Oyu Tolgoi $75m bridging budget Sum allows the miner to continue progressing critical activities at the underground expansion, but doesn’t guarantee further crucial investment will get approved.
November 30, 2021 Capstone Mining, Mantos Copper to merge The new miner, Capstone Copper, will have a combined 2021 production base of more than 175,000 tonnes and 4.9m tonnes in reserves.
November 29, 2021 Auxico plans to build $116 million rare earth refinery in Colombia Auxico’s plant will incorporate standard metallurgical processes plus innovative extraction technologies
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
