June 7, 2017

Anglo American appoints takeovers expert as new chairman

Stuart Chambers, 61 and former chairman of UK chip designer Arm, will join Anglo as a non-executive director in September, replacing Parker in November.

June 5, 2017

CHART: Commodity prices slump to 50-year low against US stocks

S&P500 most expensive compared to commodities since late 1960s despite last year's rally in metals and mineral prices.

June 5, 2017

Mining’s Tesla moment: DeepGreen harvests clean metals from the seafloor

A first look at DeepGreen Resources, a seafloor mining startup partnered with Glencore, Maersk, and Fiore Group to disrupt the metals industry and defend the environment.

May 29, 2017

Cobalt supply is in a “Death Spiral:” Jack Lifton

Jack Lifton says recycling, copper and nickel mining is a must to satisfy global cobalt supply needs

May 29, 2017

Even with iron ore prices diving, NASA fast tracks mission to $10,000 quadrillion asteroid

If NASA is successful in its mission to 16 Psyche, one of the most massive asteroids found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, humans will have a first ever…

May 23, 2017

For these women, working underground is a bright opportunity

Mothers will do everything to ensure a bright future for their children.

May 23, 2017

Blow to iron ore price as Chinese steelmakers opt for scrap

Chinese furnaces make the most of slump in domestic prices to double scrap charge rates which could displace as much as 70 million tonnes of iron ore.

May 18, 2017

Canada’s Trevali picks up Glencore zinc mines in Africa

The deal, worth about $400 million, will make Trevali the first pure zinc producer with operations in North and South America as well as Africa.

May 16, 2017

Vale closing Birchtree nickel mine in Manitoba

200 jobs lost.

May 16, 2017

Glencore: ‘Electric vehicle revolution is happening faster than expected’

Copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese demand boost as major car companies dramatically increase investment to go electric says CEO Ivan Glasenberg.