December 16, 2022 Rio Tinto secures direct control of Oyu Tolgoi mine Rio Tinto now has a 66% direct ownership over the world’s largest known copper and gold deposit, located in Mongolia.
December 16, 2022 Panama to shut down First Quantum’s giant copper mine Moves comes after the Canadian miner missed a deadline to finalize a deal that would have increased payments to the government from the mine.
December 15, 2022 Police searched Ivanhoe Mines’ Vancouver office as part of Swiss bank transfer investigation Police searched Ivanhoe's Vancouver office seeking information on $2.7 million in bank transfers related to its copper operations in the DRC.
December 15, 2022 Barrick Gold to go ahead with $7bn Reko Diq project in Pakistan Top court has cleared the path for Barrick Gold to build the massive Reko Diq copper-gold mine.
December 15, 2022 US sanctions Russia’s richest tycoon, Nornickel boss Potanin The action against Potanin was part of a broader sanctions package the Treasury Department rolled out Thursday.
December 15, 2022 Norsk Hydro to raise capex, cut more costs About half of Europe's aluminum production has been shut down as a result of a surge in energy costs since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
December 15, 2022 First Quantum and Panama fail to reach agreement over giant copper mine Collapse of talks over a new royalty payment structure has triggered fears the company's Cobre Panamá mine could be nationalized.
December 15, 2022 Teck ranked #1 in metals and mining category on S&P Corporate Sustainability Assessment Teck was named a leader in the industry based on the CSA’s in-depth analysis of economic, social and environmental performance.
December 14, 2022 Las Bambas running out of storage space in threat to production One of the world’s top copper mines is running out of storage space, raising the risk of slowing or halting production in another threat to global supply of the metal.
December 14, 2022 Albemarle to build $180m US lithium research centre The lithium giant anticipates creating at least 200 jobs at the site, with an average salary of $94,000 per year.
Last Czech deep coal mine closes as centuries-old industry reaches final day The last Czech black coal shaft, a symbol of Central Europe's industrial power, will close at January's end. January 16, 2026 | 04:00 am
