May 11, 2021 Mining legacy processes setting the industry behind in sustainability targets – report A report commissioned by the Weir Group states that comminution needs to be optimized so that it creates impactful energy savings opportunities.
May 11, 2021 Copper price hits new high on declining scrap supplies Chinese refined metal imports have been trending lower since the start of the year and continued doing so in April.
May 11, 2021 Grupo Mexico plans $3.1bn Baja, refining spend The six-year investment blueprint includes a $2.3bn expansion to existing smelting capacity in Sonora and $815m for major new electricity lines for the Baja California peninsula.
May 11, 2021 First Cobalt doubles land position at Idaho project The Iron Creek project is one of the few primary cobalt deposits in the world.
May 11, 2021 Seafloor mining fever drives $2.9 billion merger Canada's DeepGreen Metals among the companies planning to mine oceans for battery metals.
May 11, 2021 New technology aims for tailings monitoring from space The University of Nottingham, Terra Motion and Geospatial Insight are making a tailings dam motion monitor service available to miners.
May 11, 2021 Minnesota copper project in limbo as officials launch permits review US authorities will review a decision to renew 13 mining permits, including Antofagasta’s Twin Metals copper-nickel project licence.
May 10, 2021 An acid squeeze is the latest obstacle facing giant copper mines Add sulfuric acid to the list of challenges facing copper miners as the world clamors for more of the wiring metal.
May 10, 2021 Cars keep getting pricier and the commodity boom makes it worse Analysts at JPMorgan estimate the price of an auto’s raw materials have climbed 83% in the year through March.
May 10, 2021 China copper smelters to cut concentrate purchases in green push The 15 largest smelters have agreed to trim purchases by 1.26 million tonnes.
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
