January 17, 2019 Philippines’ Global Ferronickel holds ore shipments to China steady as economy cools The miner is looking to further boost sales of medium- and high-grade ores this year to 60 percent of total sales, with low-grade ores accounting for 40 percent.
January 17, 2019 LME to launch seven new contracts on March 11, lithium due in Q4 “We believe that these new cash-settled contracts... will help lower barriers to market entry"
January 16, 2019 Mining the Americas in 2019 — a forecast Canada's cobalt sector and Ecuador's budding mining sector for copper and gold will be investment hot spots.
January 16, 2019 EU agrees to extend steel import curbs until 2021 All steel imports will be subject to an effective cap until July 2021 to counter concerns of EU producers that European markets could be flooded by steel.
January 15, 2019 Mining’s biggest jobs are up for grabs. Here are the contenders Some of the mining world’s top executives are starting to plan their departures.
January 15, 2019 Brazil miner Vale gets approval to buy 3 wind farms in northeast The move has comes as Vale aims to generate all of its energy needs from renewable sources.
January 14, 2019 China’s 2018 iron ore imports fall 1%, first annual drop since 2010 The fall in iron ore purchases for 2018 came as a 70 percent plunge in profit margins since late October cut the incentive for steelmakers to ramp up output and…
January 14, 2019 Rio Tinto calls force majeure on some iron ore shipments after fire in Australia Rio Tinto is assessing the full impact of the damage and will do all it can to try and minimize disruption to our customers.
January 11, 2019 Potential 2019 El Niño poses risks to some South American mining regions El Niño could impact countries such as Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador that heavily rely on hydroelectric plants to generate.
January 11, 2019 The rising cost of socially responsible investing: Mark Gilbert As the saying goes, if you think knowledge is expensive, try ignorance.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
