June 22, 2022 Minnesota Court of Appeals dismisses challenge to PolyMet air permit Ruling ends string of litigation for one of copper-nickel project's key permits.
June 22, 2022 Inflation hits Canadian metals, mining stocks, erasing 2022 gains The S&P/TSX Composite Materials Index is now negative for the year after peaking in mid-April.
June 22, 2022 Hudbay ends Flin Flon era with closure of 777 mine For many years, it was the flagship mine of Hudbay’s Manitoba operations.
June 22, 2022 Copper price falls to lowest since March 2021 as recession fears rattle the market Mining stocks also slid, with BHP Group down almost 10% from the previous week, Glencore down 8%, and Freeport-McMoRan down 16%.
June 22, 2022 Zambians must benefit more from mining, minister says "Going forward, I don't think there will be a mine where Zambia will own less than 20%," mines minister Paul Kabuswe said.
June 22, 2022 Chile copper workers begin nationwide strike over smelter closure News of the strike comes amid an historic $583 million reinvestment plan for Codelco announced by the government.
June 21, 2022 Copper price rises as looming strike in Chile adds to supply worries Workers at Chile’s state-owned Codelco will start a nationwide strike on Wednesday to protest the government’s and the company’s decision to close a troubled smelter.
June 21, 2022 Martian moon could be crucial for asteroid mining Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have shown that mining the Main Belt of asteroids that orbit between Mars and Jupiter could be done profitably.
June 21, 2022 Glencore unit pleads guilty to bribery in Africa Glencore Energy admitted to paying more than $28 million in bribes to secure preferential access to oil in five countries.
June 20, 2022 Vedanta selling halted copper smelter, four years later The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu closed it in 2018 after 13 people died when police opened fire on protesters.
Russia says stake in gold producer UGC to be put up for public auction soon In July 2025, a Russian court ruled that the majority stake in UGC should be seized and transferred to the state. December 30, 2025 | 08:24 am
