March 27, 2018 Copper price: 120% premium for Brazil junior another bullish sign Oz Minerals offers top dollar for Avanco which boasts top private equity players and Glencore as major shareholders.
March 27, 2018 Profit at China’s Jinchuan International surges on higher cobalt, copper prices Jinchuan posted net profit of $41.6 million last year, up from 8.3 million a year earlier.
March 27, 2018 Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.25bn Kestrel mine sale Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the Kestrel mine to a consortium comprising of private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy.
March 27, 2018 Copper Mountain gains approval for $71m acquisition of Altona The combination of the two companies will result in a mid-sized copper miner, with an expected annual production of about 73,000 tonnes of the metal.
March 27, 2018 Vedanta shuts protests-ridden copper smelter in India for 15 days The maintenance activity, originally scheduled for April, comes amid media reports that thousands had taken to the streets and shut shops in Thootukudi to protest against the expansion of the…
March 26, 2018 Canadian miner allowed to operate in Sweden Gungnir's drill campaign would begin in the second quarter of 2018 with 20 diamond drill holes testing six target areas over a strike length of more than 8 km.
March 26, 2018 Congo’s 2017 mining revenue up 36% while oil revenue doubles Mining revenue in the fourth quarter more than doubled helped by higher prices for key exports such as copper and cobalt.
March 26, 2018 Hecla Mining sues Montana after told to clean up before starting new projects The state’s "bad actor" law has only been used once before, and Hecla’s president and chief executive officer, Phillips Baker is the first top executive at a large company to…
March 26, 2018 SolGold on a roll, confirms major copper-gold target at Ecuador project Results from 11 of the 12 drilling rigs at its 85%-owned Cascabel copper-gold project, suggest there is much more intense mineralization in the property than thought earlier, the company said.
March 26, 2018 Two risks threaten commodities, one bullish, one bearish: Russell The are two main factors that appear to be emerging that may threaten an end to the current quite rosy picture surrounding demand for commodities such as iron ore, steel…
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
