July 3, 2020

South Africa to investigate scrap metal shortage

Shortage of scrap metals is hurting the country's manufacturing and processing sectors.

July 3, 2020

Vedanta’s KCM warns part of Nchanga mine about to collapse

Company says part of the pit will cave in "anytime" in the next five days.

July 3, 2020

Rio Tinto cuts reserves at Oyu Tolgoi as costs rise

Rio also narrowed its estimated first production from its mine to between October 2022 and June 2023.

July 3, 2020

Moon richer in metals than previously thought — NASA

Scientists found the lunar subsurface contains higher concentration of iron and titanium than estimated.

July 3, 2020

Camino completes option agreement on Los Chapitos

Camino has legal title to 39 claims totaling 22,500 hectares covering its copper discovery in Peru.

July 2, 2020

Chile keeps output steady in May even as coronavirus explodes

Production at Codelco rose 3% year-on-year to 144,200 tonnes.

July 2, 2020

A miraculous covid-19 recovery but Dr Copper needs more tests

LME three-month copper ended the first half of the year at $6,015 per tonne, up a whopping 38% from March lows.

July 2, 2020

Metals X to sell copper assets as shareholder fight leads to cash crunch

The assets include the Paterson exploration project, Nifty copper operation and Maroochydore copper project.

July 2, 2020

Codelco says more pandemic restrictions would be ‘catastrophic’

The miner giant had held output and shipments of copper steady despite the growing crisis.

July 2, 2020

Greatland Gold wins ballot for exploration licence in Western Australia

The win means that Greatland’s application for the license has priority and will be processed ahead of other competing applications.