July 21, 2024

South32 tumbles after $818 million alumina, nickel writedown

Copper production for the three months to June 30 also fell 14% from the year before.

July 21, 2024

Saudi Arabia to visit Brazil and Chile as seeks to diversify mining

The diversification strategy includes plans to expand into international mining to secure access to minerals including copper, cobalt and nickel, as well as lithium.

July 19, 2024

Video: Junior market dominated by ‘the lame, the halt and the blind,’ says Rule 

Over two-thirds of today’s junior miners are essentially worthless, says resource speculator Rick Rule. 

July 18, 2024

Nornickel weighs projects in new top market China

Nornickel executives held talks with potential Chinese partners this month and signed about 10 memorandums of understanding, Bloomberg sources say.

July 18, 2024

US has second-longest mine development timeline in the world, S&P Global says

Mines in the US go from discovery to production on an average of 29 years.

July 17, 2024

Boyd, Roosen, Quartermain: It takes grit, invention, luck to make the big time

Mining industry legends discuss the backstories on their multibillion-dollar successes.

July 17, 2024

Ramp Metals surges on Sprott backing for Saskatchewan project

Ramp compares its project with the eye structure of the Nova-Bollinger nickel-copper mine in Western Australia.

July 17, 2024

Column: BHP joins the lengthening list of nickel price casualties

Indonesia's nickel production surge is challenging the West's ambitions of diversifying its critical metals supply chains.

July 16, 2024

China stainless steel mogul fights to avoid a second collapse

A debt crisis is threatening the future of one of the world’s top stainless steel producers, Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry.

July 16, 2024

BHP posts second straight year of record iron ore production, beats estimates

The world's largest listed miner said iron ore output from Western Australia on a 100% basis was 76.8 million tonnes in the three months to June 30.