January 27, 2021

Copper union digs in for just reward at Antofagasta’s prize mine

Talks at Los Pelambres are the latest in a slew of collective bargaining at Chilean mines, which account for a quarter of the world’s copper.

January 27, 2021

Glencore is looking lonely as rivals look to abandon coal

Company is cutting an increasingly isolated figure as a major coal miner as one by one its biggest rivals look to abandon the most polluting fuel.

January 26, 2021

Miners using new ESG and transparency framework

Ivanhoe was the first to adopt Mining Shared Value's Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism.

January 26, 2021

Steinmetz sentence opens new front in war on mining corruption

Steinmetz’s conviction was hailed as a milestone in the fight against corruption in a sector long dogged by allegations of murky dealings and shady practices.

January 26, 2021

Liberia sees $800m ArcelorMittal investment this year

Arcelor operates an iron ore mine at Yekepa in northern Liberia.

January 26, 2021

Freeport stock dives as it narrowly beats Q4 estimates

Freeport was the best-performing mining stock from late March to year-end 2020.

January 26, 2021

Wesdome to sell Moss Lake to Goldshore Resources for C$57m

Goldshore to acquire the 143-sq.-km gold project, 100 km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario, for total consideration estimated at C$57 million.

January 26, 2021

Diamond trade is roaring back thanks to stuck-at-home shoppers

The boom is being driven by bumper holiday jewelry sales, particularly in the vital US and Chinese markets.

January 26, 2021

World’s copper mines struggling with covid-19

Smelter benchmark at decade lows after what was supposed to be a year of mined supply growth turned out to be the second consecutive year of zero growth.

January 25, 2021

Investors look to ESG ratings as proxy for risk mitigation

There has been a big uptick in the number of institutional investors committing to responsible investment principles – about 3,000 of them, representing $303 trillion worth of investment under management.