June 3, 2024

Rio Tinto marks 70th year of operations at British Columbia’s only aluminum smelter

Rio hosted a celebration on June 1 at the Kitimat smelter site, with more than 1,800 attendees including four generations of employees and retirees.

June 3, 2024

De Beers ditches lab-grown diamonds as it looks beyond Anglo

De Beers will turn its focus on so-called category marketing, where it promotes diamond jewelry in general rather than just its own branded gems.

June 3, 2024

China to build $1.5 billion copper smelter in Kazakhstan

Copper smelter is projected to have an annual production capacity of 300,000 tonnes.

June 3, 2024

Freeport Indonesia raises output target, awaits new export permit

Indonesia banned shipments of all raw minerals from June 2023, but Freeport was given a year-long dispensation.

June 3, 2024

Tianqi weighs bid to protect interests in Chile’s SQM-Codelco lithium deal

Friday's pact, while seen as pivotal to boost Chile's lithium output, would potentially dilute Tianqi's stake in SQM.

June 3, 2024

Gina Rinehart ups stake in lithium-focused Vulcan

The mining billionaire, through its firm Hancock Prospecting, is now Vulcan's second largest shareholder, with a 7.5% stake.

June 2, 2024

Nippon Steel’s Mori returns to US this week for talks on US Steel takeover

The deal would give Nippon Steel greater access to the profitable U.S. market and further its long-term financial goals.

June 2, 2024

Thyssenkrupp can’t afford delays over future of steel unit, chairman says

Thyssenkrupp's chairman defended a move to sell a stake in the group's steel unit to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.

May 31, 2024

China Gold’s Jiama mine in Tibet resumes operations

The copper-gold mine was suspended on March 27, 2023, due to a tailings overflow at the Guolanggou dam.

May 31, 2024

Glencore’s climate action plan wins more support from shareholders

The new plan published in March included an intermediate target to reduce emissions by 25% by 2030.