May 22, 2020

Rising US-China tensions halt copper price rally

Massive infrastructure spending announced by Beijing does little to assuage fears of full-on trade war between world's largest economies.

May 22, 2020

Alrosa cuts 2020 production over falling demand

Company is cutting its output to 28-31 m carats, compared to initial guidance of 34 m carats.

May 22, 2020

Dominion Diamond unveils plan to avoid bankruptcy

It involves selling its assets for about $177 million, which could pave the way to restart its idled Ekati mine.

May 22, 2020

Chinalco proposes curbing China’s copper capacity

Country’s lawmakers are gathered in Beijing to decide policy objectives and economic targets for the year.

May 22, 2020

China Moly’s Congo copper-cobalt mine expects stable output this year

In 2019 Tenke Fungurume produced 177,956 tonnes of copper and 16,098 tonnes of cobalt.

May 22, 2020

AngloGold Ashanti to buy Nevada Silicon project

The South African miner will pay a total of $3 million for the property.

May 22, 2020

Kinross workers end strike at Mauritania mine

The shutdown, which began on May 5, is not expected to affect 2020 production.

May 21, 2020

Core Lithium gets Europe supply deal for Finniss project

The agreement is for the supply of 50,000 tonnes per annum of spodumene concentrate.

May 21, 2020

Rockcliff hits near-surface copper and zinc at Freebeth

Drilling in Manitoba has returned high-grades including 5.28% copper equivalent over 2.3 metres and 4% copper-equivalent over 4.7 metres.

May 21, 2020

Cypress releases positive PFS for Nevada lithium project

Project could produce 27,400 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent per year, according to a prefeasibility study.