May 27, 2021 Rio begins drilling at Madison copper-gold project in Montana Rio has identified numerous targets during its two-plus years of exploration on the property.
May 27, 2021 Union walks off job at BHP’s Escondida, Spence copper mines in Chile The strike at Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, and at Spence comes as copper prices have spiked amid soaring demand.
May 27, 2021 Home: The human bottleneck in critical minerals supply chains The paradox of the green revolution is that public opinion is firmly in favour of decarbonisation but not the mines and smelters needed to get there.
May 27, 2021 Global palladium deficit to widen in 2021 – Nornickel The world's largest palladium producer plans to partly compensate for the deficit from its stockpiles left from 2020.
May 26, 2021 BHP to take contingency measures at Chile mines after strike called The strike comes as global copper prices hover near record highs and amid rising political risk in the region.
May 26, 2021 Mali quashed grant of B2Gold permit to upstart miner The government had previously denied B2Gold's application for an extension of the Menankoto exploration permit.
May 26, 2021 BHP is in talks with Nutrien on giant potash mine Nutrien could become the operator of the Jansen project in Canada and sell the potash through its existing channels.
May 26, 2021 Fundamentals to drive iron ore price back to $140 by end of 2021 – report For Capital Economics, market fundamentals, not regulation, point to the iron ore price falling further before the end of 2021.
May 26, 2021 Copper price rises as looming strikes in Chile add to supply worries A union representing workers at BHP’s Escondida and Spence mines has rejected the company’s contract offer and called on members to walk off the job starting Thursday.
CMOC bets on copper growth, maintains cobalt target Copper output is seen at 760,000 tons to 820,000 tons this year, rising as much as 11% from last year, the Chinese miner said. January 16, 2026 | 10:55 am
