December 5, 2022 Environmental and human rights assessment of Rio Tinto’s former Panguna copper mine begins The Panguna mine was operated by BCL, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, for 17 years from 1972 until 1989, when operations were suspended due to an uprising.
December 5, 2022 Glencore’s new-mine taboo may finally end with Argentina copper Activity has recently increased at Glencore’s El Pachon copper deposit.
December 5, 2022 Glencore pays $180 million to Congo to settle corruption claims Deal is the latest payment in a series of graft cases Glencore has faced and covers all alleged corruption activities between 2007 and 2018.
December 5, 2022 Papua New Guinea PM Marape presses mining, energy giants to advance projects PNG wants progress on undeveloped projects as it sees opportunities to boost resource sales to Asia.
December 4, 2022 War in east is eroding Congo’s budget surplus, finance minister says Windfall revenue from mining has compensated for some of the unexpected expenses of fighting a rebellion.
December 2, 2022 Saudi Arabia aims to become leader in sustainable mining With 17% of the world's proven petroleum reserves, the kingdom is seeking to explore what it calls a vast, new, and largely untapped minerals super-region stretching from Africa to Central…
December 2, 2022 Chile copper production up 1.4% in October – Cochilco Production from state-owned giant Codelco fell 5.8% on a yearly basis to 135,800 tonnes.
December 2, 2022 Precious metals no longer needed in reactions to produce hydrogen fuel – study Researchers have engineered a key light-activated nanomaterial for the hydrogen economy.
December 2, 2022 Volkswagen searches for battery cell plant sites in Canada The German carmaker's first battery cell factory in North America would help VW expand its battery business outside Europe.
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
