June 20, 2022 Top three Aussie miners to shed $11bn in market value as commodity rout accelerates BHP and Rio Tinto are trading at a one-month low, while Fortescue is at a three-month low.
June 19, 2022 Guinea gives Simandou iron ore mine developers 14-day deadline Guinea has grown increasingly impatient with the companies that control the giant Simandou deposit.
June 19, 2022 Codelco unions ready strike after troubled Chile smelter shuttered Unions had threatened to strike for the past week if the Codelco board did not invest to upgrade the Ventanas smelter.
June 17, 2022 Congo miner threatens to seize cobalt project from Chinese partner Gecamines, which owns 20% of the Tenke Fungurume mine, has accused CMOC of manipulating the project’s finances.
June 17, 2022 Friedland’s Ivanhoe Electric seeks as much as $180 million in IPO The stock is expected to trade on NYSE America and on Canada’s Toronto Stock Exchange.
June 17, 2022 Iron ore price hits six-month low on plunging China steel margins Chinese steel mills are opting to reduce output amid weak profits and deteriorating demand prospects.
June 17, 2022 Glencore trading profit poised for best-ever year Glencore expects adjusted operating profit to exceed $3.2bn for the first half of the year amid "unprecedented" market environment.
June 16, 2022 Workers at Codelco say strike imminent if investment demands not met The workers have complained about a lack of investment at the mining firm's troubled Ventanas smelter.
June 16, 2022 PDAC 2022: As ESG drives metal demand and constrains supply, miners will have to innovate Teck’s vice-president of sustainable development gave examples of how the company is attempting to solve operational issues through innovation — including using ideas from Star Trek.
June 16, 2022 Top producer Russia thwarts move to redefine ‘conflict diamonds’ The rift in the Kimberley Process, which certifies rough diamond exports, risks paralyzing the body which makes decisions by consensus.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am