May 12, 2021

Newcrest begins decline development at Havieron

Pre-Feasibility Study is expected to be released in the second half of 2021.

May 12, 2021

Home: Signs of investor vertigo as copper hits record highs

Whether the world's copper miners can meet that demand is a moot point, given chronic past underperformance and a lengthening list of supply threats.

May 12, 2021

Ivanhoe Mines makes it to the MSCI Canada Index

The index measures the performance of the large and mid-cap segments of Canada's market.

May 12, 2021

Antofagasta pledges net zero emissions by 2050

The Chile-focused copper miner also said it had hit its 2022 emissions target two years earlier than planned.

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.