September 18, 2018

Tahoe Resources’ Guatemalan unit announces new round of layoffs

Decision comes two weeks after the country's top court kept in place a more than 14-month suspension of operations at the company's Escobal silver mine.

August 29, 2018

Australian southern state open to mining

Victoria's government wants to spend $220 million on exploration and drill one million metres by 2023.

August 28, 2018

Canada’s Teck resumes lead smelting at British Columbia facility

Teck Resources Ltd said on Tuesday that lead smelting had resumed at its Trail, British Columbia, facility after a seven-day suspension because of wildfires.

August 27, 2018

Zacatecas governor welcomes reopening of Grupo Mexico’s mine after 11-year strike

The provincial authority issued a statement after learning that the reopening of the mine will create 3,600 jobs.

August 21, 2018

Teck partially suspends smelter due to forest fire smoke

No timeline for resumption of operations.

August 19, 2018

Hedge funds turned record short on metals just before the rout

As U.S.-China trade tensions escalated mid-June, fast-money traders flipped to a short position in metals overall.

August 15, 2018

Mining and metals markets crater as copper price enters bear market

Investors found no solace in traditional safe haven gold with the precious metal setting a one-and-a-half year low.

August 7, 2018

Latin America-focused copper miner now eyeing Canada

Westminster Resources to buy a land package in the Ronge district of Saskatchewan.

July 17, 2018

LME to launch monthly ‘implied pricing’ for base metals

Starting on July 30, the LME will start providing a set of synthetic monthly prices for the six main base metals —  copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, nickel and tin.

July 9, 2018

CHART: Copper, nickel, zinc prices – plenty upside just to revert to mean

Even after two years of gains, industrial metals trade well below 10-year mean prices. Silver looks cheap, but gold, crude may be fully priced already.