June 29, 2018 Chile injects $1bn into state-owned copper giant Codelco The figure, though significant, is minor when taken in the context of Codelco’s $18 billion investment plan aimed at upgrading its aging mines and dealing with dwindling ore grades.
June 29, 2018 Rio Tinto ready to splash out on copper The world's No.2 mining company needs copper to reduce its reliance on iron ore.
June 29, 2018 China’s No.1 maker of battery cells for EVs to build plant in Germany A German battery plant could help ease an expected negative impact in the workforce employed by the local automotive industry.
June 29, 2018 BHP adds electric vehicles to its light truck fleet BHP Billiton will add two electric vehicles to its 240 fleet of trucks at its Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. The […]
June 28, 2018 Copper price drops to 9-month low, but what about strikes? Copper bears drop price 11% in 3 weeks, but new report shows labour contracts still up for renewal threaten 3 million tonnes of production just in Chile.
June 27, 2018 Gold mining the least polluting in the metals sector — WGC It depends on how you measure it.
June 26, 2018 De Beers just sold 34 million rough diamonds more than last year The $575-million figure represents a 6% increase from the $541m obtained in the same period last year and 3.7% higher than the $554m it sold last month.
June 24, 2018 Class action to be launched over casuals in Australia’s coal mining BHP says it has not received any formal communication regarding the legal actions.
June 24, 2018 Chile’s Codelco says unions at Salvador mine reject early wage deal Workers are pushing off further negotiations until later this year when their contracts expire.
June 21, 2018 First new all-electric mine dumps diesel; cuts costs, pollution Hundreds of feet below thick forest blanketing the Canadian Shield, a squad of near-silent, battery-powered machines are tunneling toward gold in an experiment to ditch diesel.
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
