Vale deal shows carmakers will need to pay up to secure cobalt
Vale agreement sets something of a price benchmark for long-term cobalt deals by showing what financial investors are willing to pay.
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Rio Tinto hires CFO from Danish shipper Maersk
Major miner Rio Tinto named Jacob Stausholm to replace outgoing financial boss Chris Lynch when he retires in September.
Vedanta to double output at Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines – regional CEO
Vedanta's Deshnee Naidoo told Reuters, adding that KCM is on track to produce 400,000 tonnes of copper a year in the next few years.
China’s Tsinghua University unit to buy aluminium firm for $3.7bn
Tianshan has annual aluminium smelting capacity of 1.4 million tonnes.
Midland resumes exploration work on the James Bay Gold project
The summer exploration campaign will focus on the Lasalle property.
Seabridge initiating $1.35m exploration program to define drill targets for snowstorm gold project
Seabridge has staked an additional 277 claims totaling 5,540 acres that are contiguous to the purchased claims.
Brazilian President changes decades-old mining laws to lure investment, protect environment
The two separate decrees aim at making the local industry more competitive and sustainable, while while implementing rules on the collection of higher mining royalties.
Australia takes over Chile as world’s No.1 lithium producer
It produced 4,600 tonnes of lithium more than Chile in 2017 boosted mainly by record output at Mt Cattlin and Mt Marion mines.
Vancouver miners are hiring: report
Vancouver miners will add 10% more employees in the third quarter of 2018.
