January 29, 2018

First Quantum’s nickel output down 24 pct in 2017

Nickel output by First Quantum Minerals fell 24 pct to 17,837 tonnes last year from 23,624 tonnes in 2016, the company said in a report.

January 25, 2018

Canada’s Gahcho Kue diamond mine boosts Anglo American output, but copper flat

The company beat expectations on Thursday with a 5% increase in 2017 production.

January 25, 2018

Freeport profit pops higher; miner makes progress in Indonesia

The world's second-largest copper miner by production also said talks with Indonesia re Grasberg were advancing.

January 18, 2018

The periodic table of commodity returns

If for some reason, you still think that the commodity markets are predictable, today’s chart provides a nice piece of humble pie.

January 16, 2018

Canadian companies want to extract nickel, vanadium, cobalt from petcoke

They're running a study led by Paul Watkinson, who has investigated the conversion of carbonaceous solids into gaseous and liquid fuels.

January 15, 2018

Metals power higher as sickly dollar spurs copper-to-gold rally

Copper surged as much as 2.1 percent, the most since Nov. 13, to $7,262 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange.

January 15, 2018

Canada’s RNC Minerals in talks to fund battery material mine

RNC Minerals in talks with commodity traders, mine operators and financiers to secure $1bn to build world's biggest nickel and cobalt project next year.

January 12, 2018

Planetary Resources a step closer to mining asteroids with spacecraft launch

Data obtained from the Arkyd-6 will be use in the development of the Arkyd-301, Planetary Resources next spacecraft platform and the beginning of its space resource exploration program.

January 12, 2018

Indonesia sets framework for Freeport to yield control of Grasberg mine

Indonesia state-owned holding Asahan Aluminum, or Inalum, would grab a 41.64% stake in the local unit of Freeport, which increases its current ownership in it to 51%.

January 11, 2018

BHP is building an EV hub it doesn’t want to keep

The good luck for BHP is that only about 40 to 45 percent of existing nickel mine supply is suitable for processing into a battery-grade chemical product.