December 13, 2017 Glencore is the tempting devil sat on mining’s shoulder: Gadfly Uniquely among its peers, Glencore derives a substantial slice of its earnings from trading commodities, rather than producing them.
December 13, 2017 Want to make money in industrial metals next year? Ask China how Base metals were hot this year with zinc, copper and aluminum among leaders, climbing between 15% and 23%. What about 2018? Analysts say China will know.
December 12, 2017 Vale’s reality check for nickel’s electric vehicle dreams: Andy Home While "everyone knows there are great opportunities" for nickel in the EV sector, "prices are not there", according to Vale Chief Exec Fabio Schvartsman,
December 11, 2017 Cobalt 27 spree sends cobalt price to fresh 9-year high CEO Anthony Milewski: Cobalt 27’s stockpile of cobalt “is a way for investors to speculate on the price of cobalt, plain and simple.”
December 11, 2017 Small Canadian miners in pole position for electric vehicle battery boon Canadian developers of cobalt and lithium mines stand to benefit from a round of investments from the makers of EVs and the batteries powering them.
December 8, 2017 Vale to mothball New Caledonia mine if no stake buyers found, CEO says The future of New Caledonia mine is considered a key test for CEO Schvartsman, who pledged to improve shareholder returns.
December 8, 2017 Vale aims to halve debt to $10bn by 2019 The company also said is ready to shut Caledonia mine mid-next year if it has not found a strategic partner ready to buy a 20 to 40% stake in the…
December 7, 2017 Biggest iron ore miner threatens to flood market if prices surge Brazil's Vale is prepared to unleash as much as 50 million metric tons of spare capacity to balance the market if prices get too high.
December 6, 2017 Vale expects to sell up to $1.5 bln in non-core assets through 2020 The Brazilian miner revealed these expectations in a presentation to investors in New York on Wednesday.
December 5, 2017 Glencore, Canadian teachers launch mining royalty firm BaseCore Metals will be independently operated and have its own board of directors.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
