July 20, 2017 South Africa intends to suspend issuing mining rights South Africa intends to suspend the granting of applications for prospecting and mining rights as well as any renewals pending a court case to review new mining laws, the Mineral…
July 19, 2017 Price recovery sparks domestic Chinese copper, iron ore production boom As steel production reaches all-time high Chinese miners pump out most iron ore since 2015 while refined copper output jumps 12% to highest in 18 months.
July 19, 2017 BHP to spend $277m to modernize Australian copper smelter The smelter, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, has been hampered by insufficient power supplies and maintenance work since a major power outage last year shut operations for…
July 19, 2017 Peru hit by nationwide mining strike; govt says situation ‘under control’ The indefinite labour action involves 56 unions, which are protesting a government’s proposed reform they see as "anti-workers".
July 19, 2017 British Columbia Ajax copper-gold mine rejected on doorstep Kamloops city council has voted to oppose the proposed Ajax mine — again.
July 18, 2017 BHP iron ore output hits new record but copper production tanks World number one miner's Pilbara mines produce 268m tonnes for the year, but strike at Escondida sees copper output slide 16%.
July 18, 2017 The bear case for the zinc price JP Morgan: "We think the second-half 2017 fundamental outlook for zinc looks less supportive, easing supply constraints and questionable demand strength."
July 18, 2017 Clean energy transition to increase demand for minerals — World Bank Big winners will be aluminum, copper, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel, silver, steel, and zinc and rare earth minerals such as indium, molybdenum, and neodymium.
July 18, 2017 Rio Tinto axes iron ore export forecast for the year It also revised down its expected share of hard coking coal for the year to between 7.2 to 7.8 million tonnes from 7.8 to 8.4 million tonnes.
July 17, 2017 Zinc, lead prices gain on deeper deficits New report shows lead swinging into 91,000 tonne deficit and zinc undersupply increasing by a third to 178,000 tonnes during first five months of 2017.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
