October 12, 2021 Breakthrough for Rio Tinto’s smelter hydropower project in British Columbia The tunnel boring machine cut 7.6 kilometres through the rock in remote mountains over 30 months, completing the route for a 16 kilometre tunnel that was started in the early…
October 12, 2021 Barrick installs first PhotonAssay lab at Bulyanhulu gold mine The Bulyanhulu mine is on track to produced between 170,000 and 200,000 oz of gold this year.
October 12, 2021 Ivanhoe’s DRC copper mine to double production ahead of schedule Kamoa-Kakula Phase 2’s concentrator plant, which will double copper output, to start operations a quarter earlier.
October 11, 2021 Scientists explore possibility of mining iron, nickel, cobalt-rich near-earth asteroids Metal-rich asteroids are similar to some stony-iron meteorites found on Earth.
October 8, 2021 BHP completes its first delivery of carbon neutral copper BHP and Southwire have collaborated for their first transaction involving carbon neutral copper.
October 8, 2021 Antofagasta to test use of hydrogen in mining equipment The copper miner has begun testing hydrogen-powered haulage truck at its Centinela copper mine, in northern Chile.
October 7, 2021 Weir Group cuts profit outlook following crippling cyberattack Q4 revenue slippage in Weir’s minerals division adds to FY profit headwinds.
October 6, 2021 Duo share Nobel chemistry prize for work on solar cell advances Two scientists, working independently of each other, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work into molecular construction and its impact on a range of uses from solar cells…
October 6, 2021 Barrick chooses Cat battery storage to enhance grid stability at Kibali The hybrid energy solution adds to Tractafric’s and Caterpillar’s already substantial footprint at the Kibali mine.
October 6, 2021 GM, General Electric to develop supply chain of rare earth materials for EVs Partnership will evaluate ways to improve supplies of heavy and light rare earth materials and magnets, copper and electrical steel.
Aluminum and copper prices take breather after explosive start to 2026 Industrial metals have enjoyed a bullish run into the new year. January 13, 2026 | 03:12 pm
