July 9, 2018 CHART: Copper, nickel, zinc prices – plenty upside just to revert to mean Even after two years of gains, industrial metals trade well below 10-year mean prices. Silver looks cheap, but gold, crude may be fully priced already.
July 9, 2018 Invesco turns to Trump playbook for signs of a metal rebound Escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and China has sent industrial metals to oversold territory.
July 9, 2018 Tiger Resources’ $260M Congo asset sale to Chinese firm collapses Tiger expects to release a new Life of Mine Plan for the assets in 6-8 weeks.
July 9, 2018 Private equity firm to deploy $550 million into mining sector Targeting close or ready for production.
July 6, 2018 Labor talks at BHP´s Escondida mine in Chile enter ‘home stretch’ Labor negotiations are entering into the final three weeks before a 30-month contract expires at the end of July.
July 6, 2018 Zambia delays projects to cut debt and woo IMF back to talks The IMF has warned the southern African nation is at high risk of debt distress, while investors have grown skeptical about the amount of external loans.
July 6, 2018 Chilean miner Mantos Copper seeks buyer to help finance expansion Mantos Copper bought the Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde copper mines from Anglo for $300 million plus $200 million in conditional future payments.
July 6, 2018 Copper giant Chile gets ready for second round of labour talks From the 32 contracts set to expire in 2018 at Chilean mines, there still are more than a dozen to be negotiated before year-end.
July 6, 2018 Barrick’s Acacia Mining keeps suffering from Tanzania row Gold production for the three months to June dropped 36% to 133,778 ounces as operations at two its three mines - Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi – were scaled back.
July 5, 2018 Copper price takes another huge hit Bears ignore soothing words about US-China trade war dropping copper to near 1-year low in frenzied trade.
Ports for Australia’s Pilbara iron ore region closed due to cyclone Port Hedland, about 1,300 km (800 miles) north of Western Australia's state capital, Perth, is the world's biggest export point for iron ore. February 07, 2026 | 11:40 am