May 11, 2022

Australia’s #MeToo puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history

Over the past 18 months, thousands of women have exposed a culture of bullying and abuse in mining, the country's economic engine.

May 11, 2022

Miners turn to bacteria and other new ways to leach copper from waste rock

Global miners are deploying a raft of new leaching technologies that can extract low concentrations of copper from waste rock and help avoid lengthy mine permitting delays.

May 11, 2022

Barrick ramps up mine stocks to weather supply chain storm

Barrick Gold has nearly doubled its inventory of some key supplies at mines, CEO Mark Bristow says.

May 11, 2022

Hindalco plans $2.5 billion US aluminum recycling mill

The facility, which will be built in in Alabama, will have a capacity of 600,000 tonnes of finished goods a year initially.

May 11, 2022

Vedanta agrees to suspend lawsuits over Zambia copper mines

Konkola Copper Mines was placed under provisional liquidation after the previous Zambian government accused parent company Vedanta of lying about expansion plans and paying too little tax.

May 11, 2022

Newmont expects to pull trigger on $2bn Peru gold project mid-year

Newmont says the Yanacocha Sulfides project would extend the life of Latin America’s largest gold mine for "decades" beyond 2040.

May 11, 2022

Diamond prices are spiking and even De Beers can’t fill the gap

The market is struggling to source diamonds after the US sanctioned Russia's Alrosa, which accounts for about a third of global supply. 

May 11, 2022

Cameco, Orano up stake in Cigar Lake uranium mine

The uranium producers are buying Idemitsu Canada Resources’ 7.9% interest in the asset for about $144m.

May 10, 2022

SQM, LG Energy Solution partner to drive progress in electro-mobility industry

Companies commit to investigate and develop joint investment projects at different stages of the electro-mobility industry value chain.

May 10, 2022

Chinese miners and battery makers team up in rush for lithium

“Much of the new developments involve smaller players in China looking to secure resource supply overseas," BloombergNEF analyst says.