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.
June 21, 2018 Newmont sells stake in Yanacocha gold mine to Japan’s Sumitomo for $48 million Sumitomo’s move comes as Japanese trading companies have been grabbing assets and increasing their stakes on a few of them thanks higher commodities prices, which have boosted their profits.
June 19, 2018 US-China trade spat wipes $57B from top mining stocks in fortnight Copper, iron ore prices drop, mining majors punished as US threatens more tariffs on "predatory" Chinese imports and Beijing calls it "blackmail".
June 19, 2018 Rapaport says De Beers destroying transparency in the diamond industry The Rapaport Group says the world's largest diamond miner does not allow clients to disclose the source of their gemstones, except with De Beers' prior written consent.
June 18, 2018 Rio Tinto to start building massive Koodaideri iron ore mine in 2019 First production from the Pilbara-based project, which it says it’s one of the world’s most technologically advanced, is expected in 2021.
Copper price: Strains deepen as global smelting activity hits decade low Copper prices are under renewed pressure after satellite data showed 1.2 million tonnes of January smelter capacity outside China went idle. February 12, 2026 | 11:01 am
