January 20, 2021 China’s imports of Australian copper ore plunged to zero China's imports of copper concentrate from Australia dried up completely in December amid tense bilateral relations.
January 20, 2021 Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres expansion to cost an extra $400m The project's cost is now pegged at $1.7 billion.
January 19, 2021 Miners now saviours in green transition The whole system has to be rebuilt, and that is the onset of the revenge of the miners, says Robert Friedland.
January 19, 2021 SolGold CEO to retire after shareholder pressure Resignation comes a month after Nick Mather was handed a strong rebuke at the company’s annual meeting, when nearly half of shareholders voted against his reappointment to the board.
January 19, 2021 Glencore seals Zambia copper sale State mining investment arm ZCCM-IH will pay $1.5 billion, but Glencore will get just $1 upfront.
January 18, 2021 Ivanhoe’s Friedland taking ‘hard look’ at US projects The US remains under-explored because previous administrations have considered mining a "toxic" industry, Robert Friedland said.
January 18, 2021 New Rio Tinto boss has Mongolian bullet to bite Rio chief exec Jakob Stausholm has a challenging to-do list and atop it sits the troubled $10 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project.
January 18, 2021 Shanghai booms as metals trading mirrors uneven recovery China has led the industrial recovery from covid-19 with the rest of the world struggling to catch up.
January 18, 2021 Bluejay, Rio Tinto’s JV in Finland is official The London-based explorer announced that all conditions have now been satisfied for the commencement of the Enonkoski project joint-venture.
January 17, 2021 What China’s increasing control over cobalt resources in the DRC means for the West – report Roskill says China’s increasing control over copper and cobalt resources in the DRC could pose a threat to western market participants.
As gold hits records, Indians opt for bars and coins over jewelry India's total gold demand fell 14% year on year in the first nine months of 2025. December 30, 2025 | 06:06 pm
