July 17, 2018 Lakes, rivers near abandoned mine sites likely source of antibiotics Canadian researches came to such conclusion after spending years examining waterbodies located within five kilometres of abandoned mine sites.
July 17, 2018 World’s biggest miners want more copper but nobody’s selling Nobody who owns a copper mine wants to give it up. Even when Glencore and Anglo American Plc were crippled by debt during the 2015 commodity slump, neither was willing…
July 17, 2018 LME to launch monthly ‘implied pricing’ for base metals Starting on July 30, the LME will start providing a set of synthetic monthly prices for the six main base metals — copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, nickel and tin.
July 17, 2018 Nevsun passes on Lundin’s $1.4 billion fresh takeover bid The base metals producer said that, while it has not yet received a formal offer from Lundin, the bid announced Monday the bid ignores the fundamental value of the company…
July 16, 2018 S. Africa unions decry fatalities as six die at copper mine South Africa’s mining industry is heading for the deadliest year since 2012 after six people died in an underground fire at Palabora Mining.
July 15, 2018 Chilean government wants conflict at Escondida to be over The possibility of a strike was talked about over the weekend.
July 15, 2018 Copper trains ransacked by ‘Moles’ in full-moon desert heists A common target for the thieves is Antofagasta Plc’s logistics unit Grupo FCAB, which owns and operates about 700 kilometers of railway lines used to transport cathode and semi-processed copper.
July 15, 2018 Argentina releases mining census, made $1321 million in 2016 Over 1,500 mining companies were operating in the South American country in 2016.
July 13, 2018 Miramont expands Peruvian project but can’t drill just yet The Canadian miner plans to acquire the rights to the Milenos 32 concession adjacent to its Cerro Hermoso project in Peru.
July 13, 2018 Trade war sends commodities to biggest drop in 5 months China, the biggest consumer of everything from copper to coal, has warned that the proliferation of tariffs could cause a global recession.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
