September 18, 2018 Sirius Minerals buys its way into Brazil Miner announced a share swap Monday, handing over £27m of stock for a 30 per cent stake in Cibra, Brazil's sixth largest distributor and a subsidiary of the privately held…
September 11, 2018 German K+S halts production at 2nd site as severe drought drags on Hattorf is the second site the company has had to shut down in the last two weeks due to a severe drought affecting the country, especially in the northern and…
September 7, 2018 Danakali banks on new investor mood to fund Eritrean mine Fertiliser miner Danakali aims to raise $322 million this year to develop giant potash reserves in Eritrea.
August 24, 2018 China’s Sichuan Road to mine copper in Eritrea starting in 2019 The project, majority owned by a unit of Sichuan Road & Bridge, is a group of four deposits on the outskirts of the capital Asmara.
August 22, 2018 Planes and trains oust miners from top ranks of Canada benchmark Companies that make and move things are now a bigger part of Canada’s stock market than those that dig them up.
August 20, 2018 Nutrien steers potash recovery as BHP waits in the wings Canada's Nutrien Ltd, the world's biggest potash miner by capacity, has helped engineer a surprising price rebound for the fertilizer by idling capacity.
August 14, 2018 Lithium boom unlikely to disrupt potash market — analyst While lithium and potash are often found in the same deposits and mined together, the increasing number of projects aimed at producing the white metal shouldn’t have an impact in…
August 12, 2018 Israel seeks early re-tender of mining rights to shore up Dead Sea The Dead Sea is seen as offering "unlimited supply" of minerals.
August 5, 2018 China’s Shandong province cuts steel and coal capacity in environment plan Shandong's Environmental Protection Bureau said it would cut pig iron production capacity by 600,000 tonnes and crude steel by 3.55 million tonnes by the end of this year.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
