February 4, 2021

Turquoise Hill scores win in funding dispute with Rio Tinto over Mongolia mine

It has received temporary relief in the arbitration proceedings against Rio Tinto, which prevents the mining giant from restricting Turquoise's funding talks.

February 3, 2021

US mines produced $82.3 billion in minerals in 2020 – report

The principal contributors to metal production were gold (38%), copper (27%), iron ore (15%) and zinc (6%).

February 3, 2021

Freeport names Richard Adkerson chair

The board also appointed CFO Kathleen Quirk as president.

February 3, 2021

Canadian miners show resilience amid pandemic

They thrived in the last quarter of 2020 as the global industry began bouncing back from the pandemic-induced shutdown, EY’s latest Canadian Mining Eye index shows.

February 3, 2021

Copper price climbs as Citi analyst predicts market deficit in H2

Global copper consumption is forecast to rise 6% to 24.76 million tonnes this year after a 1.3% drop last year.

February 3, 2021

Glencore’s 2020 output hit by Congo mine closure, sticks to targets

The London-listed company stuck to all of its production targets for 2021.

February 2, 2021

Mining hotspots for 2021 in Latin America, Africa – report

Markets in these two regions have greater exposure to copper, prices of which Fitch sees averaging at a seven-year high in 2021.

February 2, 2021

Copper price pressured by China demand worries

Price of the metal has fallen more than 5% since hitting an eight-year high last month.

February 2, 2021

Codelco see production plunge in December

The world's largest copper miner output fell 16% year-on-year to 157,800 tonnes for the month.

February 2, 2021

Former Anglo American boss Cynthia Carroll joins Glencore board

Carroll is the third female to become executive director at the Swiss miner and commodities trader.