August 16, 2016 Glencore tries to enforce its rights in Bolivia Bolivia seized three of Glencore’s operations in nine years and the Swiss giant is now initiating arbitration proceedings against the South American nation.
August 11, 2016 Asteroid miner Deep Space to launch first commercial mission by 2020 The mission's goal is to map a target asteroid, looking for deposits of water and other resources with visible and infrared cameras.
July 20, 2016 Metals and mining rally has staying power Industrial metals are now all trading above their 100-day moving averages and most are no longer in backwardation.
June 13, 2016 Luxembourg invests heavily in space mining First time a country partners with privates to boost the development of the industry.
June 7, 2016 US government expected to green-light first private Moon mission An official endorsement of such mission would pave the way for several other for-profit space ventures currently in the works.
June 1, 2016 Iran says in talks with Rio, Glencore about copper projects Iran's national development plan targets production of 2 million tonnes of copper per year by 2025.
May 31, 2016 Bayer and Planetary Resources to collaborate to improve agriculture with space data Improving agriculture with crop-specific satellite images.
May 30, 2016 Increasingly bearish indicators weigh down lead price By far the best performing base metal of last year, lead demand has run into serious headwinds this year – lithium's just one of them.
May 27, 2016 Australia’s mining project pipeline dwarfs other countries Significant brown and greenfield projects through 2020 nearly outnumber the next ten countries on the list.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
