August 23, 2024

Gold Fields slumps after cutting output target for second time

Gold Fields' profit slumped to $320.7 million in the first half of this year, compared with about $458 million last year.

August 23, 2024

Societe Generale leaves London Metal Exchange’s open-outcry trading floor

The SocGen move leaves seven members operating in the LME ring, down from about 30 at its peak in the late 1980s.

August 22, 2024

Brock University researchers studying ways of extracting copper from algae

The research will be conducted in partnership with Destiny Copper, a Niagara, Ontario-based copper extraction company.

August 22, 2024

Codelco could face $8 million fine for tailings dam violations

The company has ten days to submit a compliance plan and an additional five days to appeal.

August 22, 2024

Copper exports from DRC to the US begin via Lobito Atlantic Railway

A cargo of copper cathodes is headed to Baltimore after arriving by train at the port of Lobito in Angola on Monday.

August 22, 2024

Copper is flooding into US as flash-squeeze chaos reverberates

The huge dislocation between global prices saw the US import about 91,000 tons in July alone, the third-largest monthly amount in the last decade.

August 21, 2024

Wild first half for metals drives big jump in LME earnings

HKEX said core earnings from its commodities unit jumped by 82% from a year earlier.

August 21, 2024

Chilean court orders halt of union roadblocks at Caserones mine

The court also banned bus stops and inspections that the company claims are carried out by the strikers.

August 21, 2024

Argentina to sign deal with US to boost metals mining

The Minerals Security Partnership already includes 14 countries and the European Union.

August 21, 2024

Asteroid miner AstroForge readies third mission for 2025

The craft may become the first private mission to fly by a body in the Solar System besides the Moon, capturing images and data.