March 19, 2021

Supply squeeze drags copper treatment charges below $20 a tonne

Extremely tight copper mine supply has pushed spot treatment charges for concentrate to their lowest in more than a decade.

March 19, 2021

Rio Tinto endorses resolutions pushing for emissions cuts targets, lobby group pressure

Company said that it would endorse resolutions to set targets for cutting carbon emissions and take tougher measures against lobby groups that do not follow its climate change goals.

March 19, 2021

Boliden launches low-carbon copper products

The two copper cathode products will have less than half the average carbon dioxide emissions of traditionally mined copper.

March 19, 2021

Zijin posts record annual profit as gold, copper prices surge

Company profits rose 51.9% year-on-year in 2020, setting an annual record high.

March 19, 2021

Securing raw materials key to China’s economic, carbon neutrality goals – report

A report by Wood Mackenzie states that China needs to secure a competitive supply of raw materials to guarantee its clean growth.

March 18, 2021

Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma

Report – mining majors adopted a conservative approach after the 2015–16 market downturn focusing on cost cutting, productivity and expanding liquidity.

March 18, 2021

US looks to Canada for minerals to build electric vehicles

The US government is working to help American miners and battery makers expand into Canada, part of a strategy to boost regional production of minerals used to make electric vehicles…

March 18, 2021

We may be entering a new commodities supercycle

Two components of this potential supercycle – oil and gas and metals – are relevant to decarbonization prospects.

March 18, 2021

Foran reports wide copper intervals from McIlvenna Bay

The holes were drilled as part of a 30,000-metre program and are expected to “positively impact” existing resources by growing the indicated inventory.

March 18, 2021

EnGold defines copper resources at Lac La Hache

Resource estimates have been released for the Spout and G1 carbonate replacement deposits.