January 11, 2022

Bullish investors add $90bn to top 50 biggest mining companies

Despite the pullback in iron ore and copper prices, the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners made strong gains at the end of the year.

January 11, 2022

London Metal Exchange trading resumes after five-hour outage

LME suffered the interruption after a power failure at a third-party data center.

January 10, 2022

Wolfden completes resource estimate for Nickel Island deposit in Manitoba

The project has inferred resources of 8.47 million tonnes grading 0.82% nickel and 0.08% copper.

January 10, 2022

Copper-based artificial photosynthesis device advances research into solar fuels

The device is known as a photoelectrochemical cell and it is made of copper oxide, or cuprous oxide, a promising artificial photosynthesis material.

January 10, 2022

Ivanhoe to produce up to 340,000 tonnes of copper at DRC mine in 2022

The Canadian miner said its Kamoa-Kakula complex produced 105,884 tonnes of copper concentrate last year, topping guidance.

January 10, 2022

BHP back to Africa with Tanzania nickel investment

It will initially invest $40 million in the Kabanga project, regarded as the world’s largest development-ready, high-grade nickel sulphide deposit.

January 9, 2022

Peru sees 60% increase in mining tax revenues

Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said regional and local governments saw a 60% increase in mining tax revenues in 2021.

January 7, 2022

Pembridge to boost copper output at Minto mine

It expects to produce between 28 million and 31 million pounds of copper at the Yukon Territories mine in 2022.

January 7, 2022

Copper price set for biggest weekly decline since November

Metal price rose on Friday, supported by a rebound in equities and tight supply, but a firmer dollar and expectations of an early US interest rate hike kept copper on…

January 6, 2022

BHP cuts more jobs at water-stressed Chilean copper mine

The Cerro Colorado mine has cut 35 direct jobs, BHP said in a statement.