June 3, 2020

Belgium expands probe into zinc miner Nyrstar

The country's Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) initially focused the probe on Nyrstar's commercial relationship with Trafigura.

June 1, 2020

Metal inventories pile up in factories, smelters

Aluminum inventories have already climbed and are forecast to surge by 5 million tonnes by the end of 2020 to 16 million.

May 29, 2020

Belgium expands investigation into Nyrstar

Nyrstar underwent a major restructuring last year to avoid bankruptcy.

May 27, 2020

Peru mining production to drop by 15% this year

Large-scale mining would not be fully up and running until early June.

May 27, 2020

Teck resumes operations at Antamina.

Work at the copper-zinc mine in Peru resumes after six-week halt.

May 26, 2020

Sierra Metals waiting on gov’t consent to restart Yauricocha mine

The extension of national lockdown in Peru could delay the mine restart until June 30.

May 22, 2020

The global race to mine outer space

ispace has already booked and paid for flights with Elon Musk-founded Space X.

May 21, 2020

Rockcliff hits near-surface copper and zinc at Freebeth

Drilling in Manitoba has returned high-grades including 5.28% copper equivalent over 2.3 metres and 4% copper-equivalent over 4.7 metres.

May 21, 2020

EU’s industrial strategy is being wrecked by covid-19

In the dash to secure tomorrow's raw materials, Europe risks losing the metals capacity it already has.

May 18, 2020

Heavy-metal pollution causes mass fish deaths in Nigeria

Samples of the fish and nearby waters analyzed in a laboratory showed normal levels of hydrocarbon and unusually high amounts of metals traceable to waste from batteries.