June 3, 2022

Global Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies hunting for precious metals, uranium and more

As known resources are depleted and projected demand for key minerals increases, finding the next new deposits has become more urgent.

June 3, 2022

Alphamin boosts inferred resource at Mpama South tin deposit by 46%

The Mpama South inferred resource now stands at 4.99 million tonnes grading 2.50% Sn for 124,700 tonnes of contained tin.

May 30, 2022

Shrinking stocks likely mean more LME metal price volatility

Overall stocks in LME warehouses have fallen below 900,000 tonnes from levels above two million tonnes in January 2021.

April 20, 2022

Column: Tin price still flying high despite resurgent production

Global refined tin production surged by 11% last year but production rebound hasn't done much to cool prices, writes Andy Home.

April 19, 2022

Alphamin kicks off potential sale as tin prices surge

Alphamin announced in November it was seeking a strategic review to maximize shareholder value.

April 8, 2022

Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022

Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]

March 28, 2022

Mick Davis’ Vision Blue joins backers for Cornish Metals tin mine

Battery metals investment vehicle Vision Blue will own about 25% of Cornish Metals and will have a seat on its board.

March 7, 2022

Copper, coal prices hit records, nickel jumps 30% overnight after wild week of trading

Copper scales $5 for the first time ever, metallurgical and thermal coal hit record highs and nickel jumps more than 20% in a day.

March 3, 2022

Copper close to record, zinc at 15-year high, nickel nears $28,000 as metal price rally gains momentum

Industrial metals "are just waking up" to the supply risk from Ukraine-Russia war, low stockpiles and soaring energy costs.

February 27, 2022

There is a connection between Mars and heavy metal-polluted Rio Tinto estuary

Goethite, red hematite, schwertmannite and jarosite link Mars to Spain’s Rio Tinto.