August 5, 2021 Iron ore price plunges as Chinese demand softens The most active iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange plunged as much as 5.6%, hitting the lowest since May 27.
August 5, 2021 Mountain Province bounces back as diamond demand returns Its 49%-owned Gahcho Kué mine has rebounded well from a difficult start to the year, that saw it shut down for 22 days.
August 5, 2021 Purified tin selenide may be ideal to convert waste heat into energy — study US and Korean researchers have developed the most efficient thermoelectric system on record.
August 5, 2021 Resolute Mining sells Bibiani mine to Asante Gold for $90 million Sale reduces Western Australia-based miner's portfolio to only two gold assets — Syama in Mali and Mako in Senegal.
August 4, 2021 Tin price surge to subside by end of year – report The tin market outperformed all other base metals in the first half of this year.
August 4, 2021 Chilean lawmakers postpone vote on controversial mining royalty bill Bill calls for a 3% royalty on sales of over 12,000 tonnes of copper productions a year and 50,000t/y of lithium.
August 4, 2021 Copper price down on softer growth in US and China Chinese policymakers have been trying to tame surging commodity prices — from coal to copper.
August 4, 2021 Anglo American, Salzgitter to jointly advance green steel The partners intend to conduct research into feed materials to use in direct reduction (DR) steelmaking, based on natural gas and hydrogen.
August 4, 2021 Quebec injects $10.7m into Monarch to help reopen Beaufor gold mine Provincial loan agreement will be used to restart the company's now idled Beaufor gold mine and Beacon mill.
August 3, 2021 Canada’s newest gold mine begins commercial production Pure Gold mine, milling facilities, and other critical systems are operating in line with or close to design capacity of 800t per day.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am