October 15, 2018 Mineral industry needs to change its exploration and financing model if dearth of green fields discoveries to be overcome Australia’s chronic shortage of Greenfields mineral discoveries can only be overcome by changing the sector’s exploration, financing and training models, according to a keynote speaker at a major international geoscience…
October 15, 2018 Europe to spend billions on lithium-ion battery plants The goal is to reduce reliance on batteries from Asia, particularly China and South Korea.
October 14, 2018 B.C’s historical Kootenay-Boundary district mining region gathers attention Golden Dawn Minerals, KG Exploration Inc. and GGX Gold Corp. are among the companies setting foot in the area.
October 12, 2018 LME Week metals puzzle is how to trade a trade war Donald Trump didn't make it to LME Week, the annual jamboree of the global metals trading community. But the US president was the hot topic.
October 12, 2018 China Sept copper imports jump on scrap crackdown, open arb window The September imports were 21.2 percent higher than a year earlier and were the highest since March 2016.
October 12, 2018 World’s top copper producer faces lengthy smelter halt at major mine Chile's Codelco is in the midst of upgrading its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second largest operation by size, to comply with stricter emissions standards coming in effect in December.
October 11, 2018 Trafigura-backed copper miner Atalaya Mining seeks buyer Atalaya Mining produced 166,000 tonnes of copper concentrate in 2017 and has a market capitalization of 327 million pounds ($433 million).
October 10, 2018 Mining in the Mekong: Myanmar to outperform, Thailand to underperform – report Myanmar is expected to lead in the Mekong region for mining industry growth, driven by the high production growth of tin, lead and coal.
October 10, 2018 The real cash cow in mining isn’t metals. It’s bad old coal For all the bullish talk about metals of the future, miners are making some of their biggest profits from heavy-industry stalwart coal.
October 10, 2018 Chile wants lithium to be traded on LME Chile expects lithium to soon become its second largest mining asset, just behind copper. It's currently the country's fourth biggest export.
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge Company just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. February 08, 2026 | 06:36 am