July 23, 2021 Rerating: Top 50 mining companies double in value from covid low MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 most valuable mining stocks marched to a new high of $1.47 trillion at the end of the second quarter.
July 23, 2021 Tight battery market is next test for EVs after chip crisis Rising demand from electric vehicles and challenges in securing raw materials will deliver a battery supply crunch for automakers, according to a key Chinese manufacturer.
July 23, 2021 Rio Tinto spending $108m to study going underground at Kennecott Potential underground mining would occur concurrently with open-pit operations.
July 23, 2021 Newmont to decide on $2 billion Peru project by year-end The project would allow operations at the massive Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru’s Cajamarca region to continue beyond 2040.
July 22, 2021 Generation Mining maintains majority control of Marathon project Sibanye-Stillwater has elected not to exercise its right to take up 51% ownership of the project.
July 22, 2021 South America’s left turn is bullish copper, top miner says Freeport-McMoRan chief Richard Adkerson says he plans to work with the industry in Peru to engage with the incoming government of Pedro Castillo.
July 22, 2021 Copper price rises as China releases fewer metal reserves than expected China will sell another 30,000 tonnes of copper, 90,000 tonnes of aluminum, and 50,000 tonnes of zinc from its state reserves on July 29.
July 22, 2021 Freeport-McMoRan profit beats estimates on higher copper prices Company copper production increased about 19% to 913 million pounds.
July 22, 2021 Deep-South takes Namibia’s mining minister to court over licence refusal Miner also seeks to prevent the government from granting exploration or mining rights over the same licence area to another company.
July 21, 2021 Newcrest says annual gold output at flagship mine beat forecast Total production fell to 542,332 ounces in the June quarter from 573,175 ounces a year ago.
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