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".
May 19, 2022 Peru fails yet again to broker truce allowing Las Bambas mine restart On Thursday, Prime Minister Anibal Torres traveled to the Andean region of Apurimac, but he arrived late and then abruptly left the meeting only an hour after it had started.
May 19, 2022 ESG to decide winners-losers in mining, says Friedland "Companies that get it right will inherit the industry. Companies that don’t, will die.”
May 19, 2022 Copper price rebounds as China eases covid restrictions “Sentiment had been buoyed by hopes that China is making progress towards an exit from strict lockdowns,” commodity strategists at ANZ said.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
