June 5, 2024 Chilean regulator aims for quick decision on Tianqi-SQM dispute Tianqi has argued to the regulator that a shareholders' vote is needed to approve the SQM-Codelco agreement.
June 5, 2024 Underground strike ends at Sibanye’s Kroondal operation The protest started on Monday when more than 200 employees and contractors staged a sit-in.
June 5, 2024 MinRes to sell minority stake in Onslow haul road for $864 million The Onslow iron ore project is a joint venture with giant steelmakers China Baowu, POSCO and Advanced Micro Controls.
June 5, 2024 Traders are desperate for copper deals and miners are cashing in Recent moves by cash-flush energy traders are raising tensions and sparking a scramble for contracts.
June 5, 2024 Glencore said to weigh selling stake in Kazakh miner Kazzinc The company has already sold zinc assets in Peru, and some of its smaller copper operations.
June 5, 2024 Rusal in talks to mine bauxite in Sierra Leone Rusal already has operations in neighboring Guinea.
June 5, 2024 Antofagasta to invest $1.5bn for water transport system at Chile copper mine Chile has suffered a 15-year drought.
June 5, 2024 De Beers aims to rebrand as top jewellery group De Beers seeks becoming a leading luxury jewellery retailer as it reels from weak market conditions and the failed BHP bid for Anglo American.
June 5, 2024 BHP heads to mediation to avert strike at Spence copper mine BHP requested that the Chilean government mediate in talks with union leaders after workers voted to strike.
June 4, 2024 Sibanye hit by underground protest at South Africa mine The striking employees at Kroondal were aggrieved to not have received the annual ESOP payments made last Friday to Rustenburg and Marikana employees.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am