March 12, 2021 Vale begins increasing iron ore output at Timbopea site Iron ore production capacity at the site should return to 12 million tonnes a year once the commissioning period is over.
March 11, 2021 As Glencore walks, Colombia envisages decades of coal mining The South American nation better known for its coffee and crude is also a major supplier to European coal-fired power plants.
March 11, 2021 Rio Tinto inks deal to sell first batch of scandium alloy from North America The scandium oxide will be supplied from a new plant the global miner is building in Quebec.
March 11, 2021 Lithium miners are going to compete for new licenses in Chile The South American nation has been losing market share as new frontiers open up ahead of an expected tripling of demand for lithium.
March 11, 2021 Russian metal, fertiliser, other firms should invest more at home – Putin Putin asked Russia's tax service to provide a detailed report to him each quarter about the profits of Russia's largest companies and whether they are being invested in projects inside…
March 11, 2021 Despite wobbles, demand to push copper price Chile's mininster says the underlying trend of rising demand remains intact despite hard-to-read daily market gyrations.
March 11, 2021 Glencore’s Antapaccay mine suspends operations over community blockade The mine is the sixth largest copper producer in Peru.
March 11, 2021 Copper wobbles mask ongoing demand strength, top supplier says “In the medium term, as renewable energy and electro-mobility agendas accelerate, the demand for copper will go up, and that is the most permanent trend,” says Chile’s Energy and Mining…
March 11, 2021 Vale approves list of board candidates Shareholders will vote on the new board in an assembly on April 30.
March 11, 2021 Contractor asks Australia to review asset sale by China’s Tianqi Lithium MSP Engineering asks the Foreign Investment Review Board to review a sale of Tianqi’s Australian lithium business to nickel miner IGO after Tianqi refused to pay it for constructing a…
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