April 1, 2015 Atacama floods: Lithium impact analysed After a freak storm and flooding in Chile’s Atacama Desert temporarily closed one of the world’s leading lithium operations, fears of further supply squeezes and upward price pressure this year…
March 31, 2015 Less than half of copper projects needed to meet demand New report identifies 231 existing copper projects with potential output of nearly 13m tonnes which will more than make up for long-term mine depletion.
March 31, 2015 IMF in favour of Zambia mining tax changes But the fund warned that only further tightening of fiscal and monetary polices would contain the country's large deficits.
March 31, 2015 South Africa wants to settle mines’ black ownership in court The main point of contention is the fact that mining companies believe that once they reached a 26% black ownership, they effectively complied, no matter where the percentage is at…
March 31, 2015 Tax breakthrough at Rio Tinto’s Mongolia copper mine — source Rio Tinto and Mongolia have made a breakthrough in a tax dispute that has been among issues stalling development of the $6.5 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, according to an…
March 30, 2015 Chen Lin’s secret to finding the next Goldcorp In this interview with The Gold Report, he shares some of the insights from his recent travels and discusses three companies with potential to be the next Goldcorp.
March 30, 2015 UPDATE: Teck shares drop after denying merger talks Vancouver-based company contradicts earlier Bloomberg report saying it is in talks with Chile's Antofagasta about combining copper assets.
March 30, 2015 BHP wants strikes to be ‘last resource’ for workers The mining giant has also asked for local laws to be flexible enough to keep pace with other countries.
March 29, 2015 Hecla grabs Montana silver-copper deposit through $20 million merger Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) has expanded its operations in the western United States with the purchase on Friday of Revett Minerals (TSX:RVM) in an all-stock deal worth $20 million.
March 27, 2015 Barrick to keep operating Zambia Lumwana mine Zambian government rethinking steep royalty hikes that went into effect on January 1.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
