July 15, 2021 Jiangxi Copper to invest $1.8bn in making foil for batteries Company plans to start producing copper foil by end of 2023.
July 15, 2021 Freeport Indonesia cancels Tsingshan copper smelter plans Instead, Freeport Indonesia will go ahead with plans to build a new smelter near its existing copper refining operations in Gresik, East Java.
July 15, 2021 Newmont to advance Ahafo North project in Ghana The project will add more than three million ounces of gold production over an initial 13-year mine life.
July 14, 2021 Teck releases climate change outlook report, focus on copper growth Quebreda Blanca Phase 2 project in Chile, currently under construction, will double Teck's consolidated copper production when it starts in 2022.
July 14, 2021 Sibanye may wind down gold mines in South Africa’s fading sector The company is among the few remaining South African gold producers squeezing profits from mines that are among the deepest in the world and are becoming more costly to run.
July 13, 2021 Zombie mines are coming back to life on soaring metals prices A strong price environment had seen miners look at the economics of reopening mothballed operations, one consultancy says.
July 13, 2021 ArcelorMittal to build first big zero-carbon steel plant The company would build a unit that processes iron ore using green hydrogen at its plant in Gijon, Spain.
July 13, 2021 BHP’s Cerro Colorado must start from scratch on environmental plan The court said the initial environmental approvals had failed to "correctly evaluate" the risk of air pollution generated by the project.
July 13, 2021 AngloGold submits offer to buy Corvus Gold AngloGold believes the combination the companies' Nevada assets further consolidates one of the largest new gold districts in the world.
July 13, 2021 Vale has decommissioned Fernandinho dam Work is part of a program to decomission dams that used similar structures to the one in Brumadinho, a dam that burst in 2019 and killed over 200.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
