April 28, 2020

BHP looks to expand iron ore exports from Port Hedland

BHP's iron ore exports last financial year totalled 238 million tonnes, around 85% of capacity.

April 28, 2020

Tianqi Lithium doubles annual loss guidance

Tianqi's shares slumped as much as 10% on Tuesday, the lowest since November 2015.

April 28, 2020

Papua New Guinea hits back at Barrick for halting Porgera

Barrick's local unit suspended operations at the gold mine on Saturday.

April 27, 2020

Extended lockdowns to hit copper production

Antamina reported 210 positive cases of covid-19 in Peru and said the date to restart operations is still uncertain.

April 27, 2020

Freeport’s El Abra mine in Chile to scale back processing

Company said it would scale back copper processing by 40%.

April 27, 2020

Rio signs $51 million earn-in on Zambia copper deposits

Rio can earn up to a 75% interest in the Solwezi licences, located next to First Quantum's Kansanshi mine.

April 27, 2020

Lockdowns and low prices generate nickel supply shock

Nickel recovered from a four-year low of $10,865 a tonne in March to a current $12,820.

April 27, 2020

Zijin axes expected gold output after losing PNG mine

It plans to speed up the construction of the Longnan Zijin project in China and look into acquisitions to offset the loss of Porgera.

April 27, 2020

De Beers boosts output by 5.8% in Namibia

Namdeb, a joint venture between the Namibian government and De Beers, produced 511,000 carats in the first quarter.

April 24, 2020

Glencore denies union claim S. Africa smelter workers had fake permits

Glencore said the workers were escorted to a local police station, but that all their work permits were valid.