March 18, 2024 US must improve copper mine permitting process, Freeport CEO says "The US government needs to stop giving lip service to permitting," Richard Adkerson told Reuters.
March 18, 2024 Barrick opens training academy at Buzwagi mine in Tanzania The Barrick Academy will be training more than 2,000 foremen, supervisors and superintendents from the Africa and Middle East region in the next 24 months.
March 18, 2024 Implats’ Zimbabwe unit plans voluntary job cuts to contain costs Weak platinum group metal prices are projected to last for the next 12 to 18 months.
March 18, 2024 Indonesia says Vale to build another $2bn HPAL plant PT Vale Indonesia is exploring a potential investment in a high-pressure acid leaching plant in Sulawesi island.
March 18, 2024 Put sanctions on Russian-origin aluminum, not on Rusal, industry group says So far, sanctions have not been imposed, but they are still on the agenda in the EU.
March 18, 2024 Thungela sets higher coal output target as it seeks more assets The newly acquired Ensham mine is forecast to ramp up output to about 4 million tons by 2026 from 2.9 million tons last year.
March 18, 2024 Widjaja family’s consortium seeks private credit for mine deal A consortium led by Golden Energy is sounding out private credit funds to finance its $1.65 billion acquisition of South32's Illawarra coal operation in Australia.
March 18, 2024 Boliden to invest $463m at Swedish copper smelter This will push production of copper cathodes and precious metals up to full capacity in the second half of 2026 at the Ronnskar facility.
March 17, 2024 Tropical Cyclone Megan closes major mine in Australia’s north The storm has already led to the closure of a manganese mine on Groote Eylandt island, the world’s largest producer of the metal.
March 17, 2024 BHP stands down 25% of nickel project workforce BHP has stood down around a quarter of the workers constructing its West Musgrave nickel and copper project in Western Australia.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
