August 31, 2017

Canada’s Trevali among world’s top zinc producers with Glencore mines buy

Acquisition makes of the Canadian miner one of the few multi-asset, low-cost global zinc producers.

August 31, 2017

Greece to begin arbitration process over Eldorado mine plans next month

Government said it expects to settle its differences with the Canadian miner, which is developing the Skouries and Olympias projects in northern Greece, where it also operates the Stratoni mine.

August 30, 2017

EY’s Canadian mining eye index sees struggles in Q2

The loss was in part due to weakness in the price of nickel, with zinc remaining flat and copper seeing a slight increase.

August 29, 2017

Worker dies at Eldorado Gold Skouries project in Greece

Contractor employee was struck by a branch from a falling tree, resulting in fatal injuries.

August 28, 2017

Brazil to redo Amazon mining decree after criticism

Brazil's government will revise a decree that opened up a vast mineral reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining responding to overwhelming criticism.

August 25, 2017

China’s metals trade fragments into multiple narratives: Andy Home

China's metals trade figures were once a spotlight on the state of the world's manufacturing engine and price driver.

August 24, 2017

The base metal breakout – industrial commodities threaten their decade-long downtrend

Base metals are showing signs of real strength, with prices across the complex breaking out, or threatening to do so.

August 23, 2017

Vedanta’s zinc unit gets helping hand from China, Q1 earnings rise

Diversified miner Vedanta Resources' first-quarter core earnings rose about 48 percent on higher zinc production, with renewed demand for the metal driven by higher steel production in China.

August 21, 2017

BHP exiting oil and gas

After posting a fourfold rise in profits, world's number one mining company now "actively pursuing options to exit" its US oil and gas business bought for $20B six years ago.

August 21, 2017

More than 200 workers to go at Sandvik Materials Technology unit

Measure is part of a broader plan to restore profitability at the division, which saw adjusted operating profit fell by 37% in the second quarter of this year.