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.

May 18, 2022

Turquoise Hill to receive debt funding from Rio Tinto as it evaluates $2.7bn offer

Rio Tinto said it will provide interim debt funding of up to $400 million.

May 18, 2022

Chile’s top court puts Dominga mining project decision on Boric admin

Last year, environmentalists and surrounding communities appealed a ruling from a lower court that tossed out a decision by a regulator that denied the company permits.

May 18, 2022

Copper price down on bets of big US rate hikes

Fed Jerome Powell pledged that the US central bank would ratchet interest rates as high as needed to kill a surge in inflation.