June 5, 2018 Copper price soars to 3-month high Up nearly 4% after union at world's only 1 million tonne copper mine demands owner BHP makes biggest bonus payout ever to Chilean mineworkers.
June 5, 2018 Giant mine spewing waste for decades turns into battleground Every year, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. dumps tens of millions of tons of mining waste into the Ajkwa River system in Indonesia. The company has been doing it for decades, and is…
June 5, 2018 About 75,000 jobs to go in Germany’s auto industry because of EVs — study The country's car industry currently employs about 840,000 people, with 210,000 of them working on powertrain production, the sub-sector set to be the worst hit.
June 4, 2018 Cobalt thrifting in EV batteries won’t dent price any time soon Even best-case, mass early roll-out of new cobalt-light batteries won’t solve cobalt supply issues says new report.
June 4, 2018 Metals merry-go-round: hiring picks up as prices recover More hires are expected as brokers eye opportunities from China’s mainland exchanges opening to investors abroad.
June 4, 2018 This company may be North America’s next copper producer Matthew Gili, CEO of Nevada Copper, speaks to Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about the company's plans to go into production.
June 4, 2018 China’s Chinalco starts $1.3bn expansion of Peru copper mine The investment will increase the mine's copper output by 45 percent by 2020, with the value of production exceeding $2 billion annually.
June 3, 2018 World’s No. 4 iron ore miner wants to diversify its portfolio The CEO of Fortescue Metals Group said that the company is working towards finding other commodities to mine.
June 2, 2018 Rio Tinto completes sale of Australian coal asset As soon as the sale was completed, Rio received $150 million in cash and is set to get an unconditional cash payment of $50 million due in 12 months.
June 1, 2018 Cobalt price: Congo production surges Top supplier of battery raw material ups output 34% year on year.
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
