November 8, 2017 Copper, iron ore prices up despite plunge in Chinese imports Copper cargoes drop more than 20% while iron ore shipments sink to one-and-a-half year lows.
November 7, 2017 Chinese battery maker CATL eyeing upstream cobalt investments China needs to ease its reliance on the Democratic Republic of Congo.
November 6, 2017 Canadian junior miners worth jumps for second year in a row Aggregate market cap of the top 100 junior mining companies was up 7% to $12.2 billion, a level not seen since 2010, but the group significantly underperformed the Venture Exchange…
November 6, 2017 Congo mining output rises, central bank warns of inflation risk Rising mining production should help ease some of the economic problems in Congo where inflation is expected to hit 48 percent this year.
November 6, 2017 Operations resume at Buenaventura’s silver mine in Peru Community protests had forced the firm to halt output at Uchucchacua last week.
November 3, 2017 A $750m question, a mystery buyer and a seller called WHY The deal for a magnesium deposit in British Columbia ranks No. 4 by transaction value among the year’s biggest mining-asset sales globally.
November 3, 2017 Copper miners to see profit grow further in 2018 — report Profit margins are expected to end significantly higher this year, and this trend to continue over the next two years, a study by S&P Global Market Intelligence shows.
November 3, 2017 London Metal Exchange Week galvanised by electric dreams: Andy Home This year, copper was shoved out of the London limelight by new hot metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.
November 3, 2017 Congo state miner failed to log $740 million in revenues, report says Gecamines copper output has plunged since 1980s and it has failed to internally register $740 million in income between 2011-2014, much of which is now untraceable, the Carter Center said…
November 2, 2017 BHP aims for more copper, oil; steers away from EV minerals BHP CCO Balhuizen says while 2017 marks "tipping point" for EVs entering mainstream of metals demand forecasting, in terms of sales mass move is further off.
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