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.