October 18, 2018

Zinc, lead, other metals debut trading on Shanghai physical platform

Total volume reached 252 million yuan ($36.3 million).

October 17, 2018

Glencore chair Tony Hayward latest to drop out of Saudi conference

Another executive pulls out of conference due to widespread concern about the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

October 17, 2018

World’s top miner embracing the boom in electric car batteries

BHP Billiton Ltd. is boosting sales of the top-quality nickel that’s needed for electric vehicle batteries, another sign that the world’s biggest miner is targeting more opportunities in the booming…

October 16, 2018

Vale rules out major acquisitions

CEO Fabio Schvartsman said the company would only invest further in nickel if global prices for the metal rise from $13,000 per tonne currently to around $20,000 per tonne.

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 10, 2018

RNC Minerals recovers giant gold slab from its mine in Australia

The company believes the stones are among the biggest of their kind ever unearthed in the country.

October 7, 2018

Britain’s CNM plans to relaunch Zambia nickel mine next year

The decision to restart output at the mine comes despite plans by the government to hike mining taxes to bring down mounting public debt.

October 3, 2018

Axiom soars on near supply deal for Isabel nickel mine in Solomon Islands

Mining at the project in the Pacific nation will start in December, with ore shipments expected to begin in the first quarter of next year.

October 2, 2018

Uganda to join transparency program as it seeks mining investors

The East African nation seeks to reassure potential investors that it isn’t involved in “conflict minerals.”

October 1, 2018

Forty-five per cent of cars sold in Norway last month were electric: report

No gas or balloons needed.