July 30, 2018 Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.
July 24, 2018 Canada scaring mining investors with long, unclear permit processes Study released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec are the three main provinces where exploration permit processes have grown longer and less transparent over the past…
July 23, 2018 Nutrien sells stake in Arab Potash to China’s SDIC The $502-million transaction makes the Chinese company Arab Potash's majority shareholder.
July 19, 2018 Miners wrote off almost one-third of investments over last decade From the $939bn invested in major projects between 2008 and 2017, the world’s top 40 mining companies by market cap. wrote-off $273bn or 29% of the initial capital outlay.
July 15, 2018 Africa’s richest man signs $650 mln Afreximbank loan for oil refinery The seven-year term loan would attract a moratorium of five years, according to facility terms read out during the signing.
July 12, 2018 Eritrean potash deposit company readies London listing Danakali Limited said joining the London Stock Exchange would help it raise the cash it needs to fund development of the Colluli deposit in eritrea.
July 4, 2018 Mr. Sam Farris succeeds Dr. Ulrich Lamp as President of K+S Potash Canada Bethune is the K+S Group’s largest investment in North America to date. After officially opening in May of 2017, the mine became the first new solution potash mine in Saskatchewan…
June 26, 2018 Orion Resource Partners raising $500m in royalty, streaming fund Miners are turning to alternative sources of finance as the industry has struggled to woo back traditional financiers.
June 20, 2018 Sirius Minerals soars after securing supply deal for Nigerian market Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX) were off to the races on Wednesday after it announced it had secured a major seven-year African supply deal.
June 19, 2018 Indian regulator approves Nutrien’s sale of stake in SQM to Tianqi The Competition Commission of India green-lighted the $4.1 billion deal reached in May between the Canadian potash giant and China’s Tianqi Lithium.
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
