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.

January 10, 2019

China industry ministry to ban new steel project expansions – Xinhua

Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, said the capacity expansion ban would also apply to the cement and flat-glass industries.