Copper price falls on worst global factory data since 2012
Growing trade fears combine with shrinking global manufacturing activity to push copper price to lowest level for 2019.
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Estimated 5 million tonnes of lithium deposits found in southwest China
The find potentially curbs the nation's reliance on imports of the material used in electric vehicle batteries.
Trump’s Cuba gambit pushes Canadian miner Sherritt to the brink
Sherritt International Corp., whose executives were once known as Fidel Castro’s favorite capitalists, is paying the price for its close ties to the struggling Caribbean nation.
Aluminum’s price premium has doubled and buyers want to know why
Donald Trump’s trade wars are increasing scrutiny of an obscure process that has boosted how much U.S. beer makers and bottlers pay for aluminum cans.
Guinea iron ore prospectors set sights on ArcelorMittal rail
The race to mine Guinea's iron ore has started although the focus is not on its giant Simandou deposits but on smaller finds whose output could be transported via Liberia if ArcelorMittal shares its railway.
Papua New Guinea PM says resources reforms will take years
Prime Minister James Marape doubled down on his plans to earn more taxes from the gas-and-gold-rich country's natural resources sector on Wednesday, but said major reform would not take effect for years.
Vale creates role of safety czar after two deadly dam collapses
Brazilian mining giant Vale SA said on Wednesday it had created the new role of executive director for safety and operational excellence.
Sibanye-Stillwater reduces job cut plan in gold shake-up
Sibanye-Stillwater said on Wednesday about 3,450 jobs would be lost in the proposed restructuring of the South African company's gold mining operations, following financial losses at some of its mines since 2017.
Top 40 miners’ good performance not enough for investors — report
According to PwC, investors seemed unimpressed last year, as market valuations fell 18%.