July 18, 2022

Copper price extends recovery on China’s efforts to tame housing woes

A growing number of home buyers across China threatened to stop making mortgage payments for stalled property projects.

July 18, 2022

Governments turn against deep-sea mining as EV boom drives demand for metals

The deep ocean contains the largest estimated deposits of minerals on the planet, potentially worth trillions of dollars.

July 18, 2022

Feeding copper to microbes may help curb GHG emissions

Copper is key to avoiding the production of nitrous oxide, the third most potent greenhouse gas.

July 18, 2022

Barrick close to final deal with Pakistan on $7bn copper project

Teams from Barrick and Pakistan are currently finalizing a framework deal to develop the giant Reko Diq copper-gold deposit.

July 17, 2022

BHP may reconsider investments in Chile if tax hikes go forward

BHP said in a statement that higher taxes would make Chile more expensive than other top mining jurisdictions like Australia, Canada and Peru.

July 17, 2022

CMOC’s Congo mine suspends copper and cobalt exports

MOC's Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine has suspended all exports.

July 17, 2022

Ancient piece of earth’s crust defines location of economically important minerals

The almost four billion-year-old piece of the earth's crust lies beneath the southwestern part of Western Australia.

July 15, 2022

LME delays by seven weeks requirement for OTC reporting

The delay to Sept. 5 from the original implementation date of July 18 was to ensure that data is reported properly and accurately, the LME said.

July 15, 2022

Copper price rebounds despite weak economic activity in China

The world’s second-largest economy shrank by 2.6% in the three months ending in June.

July 15, 2022

Column: China’s sluggish commodity imports set to improve, but risks abound

Overall, China is at a very different point in its economic cycle to much of the rest of the world, writes Clyde Russell.