February 17, 2023

General Motors digs into mining business to lead race for EV metals

The US automaker has invested in several miners to improve access to battery minerals.

February 17, 2023

Vale expects fresh news about base metals stake sale in H1

Company received offers for a minority stake in the business comprising nickel and copper production.

February 17, 2023

GRAPHIC: Steep levies on Russian aluminum could threaten US nickel supply

Russia accounted for 11% of US nickel imports in 2022.

February 17, 2023

Glencore hit by fresh bribery-related lawsuit in the UK

Legal action is related to alleged losses to shareholders resulting from Glencore's statements to the market on corruption cases.

February 16, 2023

Piedmont Lithium, LG Chem sign equity investment and offtake agreements

LG Chem will purchase 1,096,535 newly-issued shares of Piedmont common stock for $75 million.

February 16, 2023

Peru protests jolt mine activity with Las Bambas, Antapaccay hit hardest

The world's no. 2 copper producer has been roiled by protests since the Dec. 7 ouster of President Pedro Castillo.

February 16, 2023

De Beers confident talks will deliver a Botswana diamond deal

The Anglo American unit is in talks with the Botswana government to extend mining rights that expire in 2029.

February 16, 2023

Newcrest CEO says ball in Newmont’s camp in takeover talks

“The company is not up for sale and this was unsolicited,” Sherry Duhe said in an interview with Bloomberg.

February 16, 2023

Newcrest to trial 4G LTE, 5G technologies underground at Cadia Valley

This announcement follows previous engagements with Ericsson and Telstra to trial private 4G LTE at the Lihir mine and more recently for surface operations at Cadia.

February 16, 2023

Rio Tinto, Marubeni agree on first sale of high-purity aluminum

The low-carbon-aluminum deal comes as Japan targets zero net carbon emissions by 2050.