May 24, 2022 Canada’s minerals extraction in situation critical With urgency in getting new mines developed, governments will need to streamline permitting processes.
May 24, 2022 Copper price dips as investors fear economic slowdown "Recent consumption run rates imply copper and aluminum shifted into surplus globally in April," analysts at Citi said.
May 24, 2022 Peru communities protesting Las Bambas mine to meet President Castillo Las Bambas, which supplies 2% of global copper, suspended operations on April 20 due to the protests.
May 24, 2022 Glencore charged with bribery in London, pleads guilty in the US The mining and commodities trader pled guilty to bribery charges as part of settlements with authorities in the US and UK.
May 23, 2022 Chile to cushion the blow of glacier ban on giant copper mines Chile’s government is looking at a gradual implementation for a proposed ban on mining near glaciers in order to limit the impact on some of the world’s biggest copper mines.
May 23, 2022 Peru president replaces mining minister as crisis escalates President Pedro Castillo replaced four ministers amid a mining and fertilizer crisis.
May 23, 2022 Glencore to appear in court in US, UK over corruption probe Glencore is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice and Brazilian authorities in the Car Wash scandal.
May 22, 2022 Africa’s domestic mining sector not severely impacted by sanctions against Russia – report The Economist Intelligence Unit says Russian mining activities in Sub‑Saharan Africa will be impacted by sanctions but without having a serious negative impact on domestic mining sectors.
May 21, 2022 Work suspended at Botswana’s Khoemacau copper mine after accident kills two The two workers were employed by Australian-based contractor Barminco.
May 20, 2022 Atico Mining receives EIA approval for La Plata project in Ecuador La Plata has previously been identified by Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso as a "strategic project".
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
