March 29, 2022 Simandou iron ore mine developers risk penalties if timeline missed, Guinea says Guinea's mines minister has said the railway and port infrastructure must be completed by 2024, and commercial production must start by 2025.
March 29, 2022 Sumitomo Metal sees global nickel demand for battery use at 410,000t in 2022 Global demand for nickel used in batteries is expected to rise more than 20% this year.
March 29, 2022 BHP eyes $10 billion Chilean investments, but only with ‘legal certainty’ Marcela Hernando Pérez, the new Chilean mining minister, said that Santiago does not plan to nationalize the country's mining sector.
March 28, 2022 Britishvolt and Bakrie’s VKTR team up for sustainable EV battery nickel The deal comes at a time of surging raw materials prices, exacerbated by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
March 28, 2022 Anglo looks to the sea as water scarcity hits Chile copper mines The proposal is to build a plant on the coast of the Valparaiso region that would produce drinking water for residents in exchange for access to waste water that could…
March 28, 2022 Miners gather in copper capital facing ‘another world’ of tumult The last time the copper industry gathered in Santiago, prices were below $3/lb amid concerns over a slowdown in Chinese demand.
March 28, 2022 Rusal can’t access alumina from Australia JV as pressure builds Rusal owns a 20% stake in Queensland Alumina, which is operated by Rio Tinto.
March 28, 2022 Polymetal studying possibility of Kazakh mines demerger Polymetal, which has a free float of 75.2%, is not subject to any Western sanctions imposed on Russia.
March 28, 2022 Codelco may partly privatize some assets, executive says Patricio Vergara, VP of mining resources and development, said the hived-off assets could become eventual partnerships.
March 28, 2022 Bullion groups launch gold bar database to thwart fraud The scheme aims to exclude gold linked to violence and crime from the mainstream market.
South32 HY profit beats estimates, trims production view for Brazil operations Its underlying earnings attributable was $435 million for the half-year ended December 31. February 11, 2026 | 02:29 pm