October 20, 2021 Hochschild to spin off Chilean rare earths project The precious metals miner will demerge 80% of Aclara's shares while keeping the remaining stake in the company it acquired in 2019.
October 19, 2021 Alrosa says diamond sector “fully recovered” from pandemic hit A structural production decline paired with growing end-user demand are pushing prices past levels reached in 2019.
October 19, 2021 Dalian iron ore price up on falling shipments from major suppliers Iron ore shipments that departed from Australia and Brazil stood at 23.54 million tonnes in the week ended Oct. 17, down 589,000 tonnes from the previous week.
October 19, 2021 Upward trend in global exploration budget to continue in 2022 — report According to S&P, global exploration budgets are expected to increase between 5% and 15% in 2022.
October 18, 2021 Copper price surges past $11,000 on supply squeeze Traders are paying huge premiums for quickly deliverable copper after stockpiles in the LME warehouse system tumbled to their lowest level in decades.
October 18, 2021 Nickel price shrugs off Vale Onça Puma halt after court order According to a report from the NGO Finnwatch, Vale operations generated deforestation and polluted the Cateté river.
October 18, 2021 Flash method may allow quick recovery of precious metals from e-waste Flash Joule heating is being proposed at Rice University as a mechanism to recover rhodium, palladium, gold and silver from electronic waste.
October 18, 2021 Gem Diamonds finds two high-quality stones at Letšeng The miner has recovered 245-carat and 102-carat Type II white diamonds in Lesotho.
October 16, 2021 Scientists propose new ‘salty’ non-toxic gold extraction process Researchers at Aalto University developed a method that uses chloride for the leaching and recovery of gold from ore.
October 15, 2021 BHP’s London investors back critiqued climate change plan Miner won 83% support for its climate transition strategy despite concerns that the plan did not go far enough.
Ferrexpo halts Ukraine operations, furloughs staff after power grid attacks The suspension will remain in place until power can be provided consistently at required levels, the company said. January 20, 2026 | 10:15 am
