November 3, 2017 London Metal Exchange Week galvanised by electric dreams: Andy Home This year, copper was shoved out of the London limelight by new hot metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.
November 1, 2017 BHP to step up copper exploration, expansions to meet electric vehicles sector’s rising demand World's biggest miner is getting ready to provide enough copper for the 140 million electric cars forecast by 2035.
October 31, 2017 More than 10 firms in the running for Codelco’s lithium assets — chairman The state miner is seeking private-sector partners to develop and exploit its vast Maricunga and Pedernales deposits in the north of Chile.
October 29, 2017 Top paid positions at Canadian mines General managers average $212,790 per year at Canadian mines
October 27, 2017 Major with cohort of Mexican mines is on track to achieve 2017 production guidance BMO Capital Markets reviewed this silver and gold miner's Q3/17 production results.
October 27, 2017 All of the world’s money and markets in one visualization (New!) We've re-made our most famous infographic of all-time to show you all of the world's money and markets in one giant data visualization!
October 25, 2017 Freeport says Grasberg stake to fall to 29% – shares dumped Investors ignore positive third quarter results to focus on lack of meaningful progress in talks with Indonesia over future of giant Grasberg mine.
October 25, 2017 Poland’s KGHM chief sees high copper prices boosting earnings this year "I think that the third-quarter results will confirm that the full-year EBITDA will be higher than last year," says KGHM CEO Radoslaw Domagalski-Labedzki
October 24, 2017 Brazil congressional committees vote on reforms helping small miners While an estimated 61 larger miners will pay more, about 30,000 smaller miners seen as larger job creators will pay less.
October 23, 2017 Chart of the day – Nasdaq, QE and 0% interest rates Look at what the Nasdaq bubble did in 1999-2000 with no QE and interest rates around 5%.
Congo halts artisanal copper and cobalt processing amid corruption crackdown Congo launched its first batch of traceable artisanal cobalt in November. December 24, 2025 | 08:42 am