Copper price rises on Peru supply disruption worries
Southern Copper plans to import copper concentrate after protests halted operations at its Cuajone mine.
Latest Stories
Barrick’s Tanzania gold mine hit by new police abuse accusations
A corporate watchdog is alleging that local police are killing and assaulting villagers around a Tanzanian mine owned by Barrick.
Mercedes opens battery plant for Alabama-made electric SUVs
The German manufacturer will produce lithium-ion batteries at the new Bibb County plant, and start making all-electric EQS and EQE sport utility models at its existing factory in Tuscaloosa in the coming months.
Sudanese miners killed in South Kordafan mine collapse
About 80% of Sudan's lucrative gold mining is performed using dangerous makeshift methods.
Australia unveils $360m in critical minerals funding to offset China dominance
Projects to be funded include the second rare earth separation plant to be built outside China, a battery material refinery and a vanadium processing plant.
The $140 billion question: Can Russia sell its huge gold pile?
Bank of Russia expanded its gold reserves almost sixfold since the mid-2000s.
Markets must adapt to lack of Russian, Ukrainian commodities, Glencore says
Russia is a key supplier of oil, natural gas, coal, aluminum and nickel, while Ukraine is a major grain producer.
Antam nickel ore production more than doubled in 2021
Antam's 2021 nickel ore output increased 131.3% to 11.01 million tonnes, versus 4.76 million tonnes in 2020.
South African platinum workers eye windfall as wage talks near
Negotiations for a three-year wage deal with producers are expected to start in the first week of April.
