Trade war sends commodities to biggest drop in 5 months
China, the biggest consumer of everything from copper to coal, has warned that the proliferation of tariffs could cause a global recession.
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MGX, Belmont set lithium joint venture in Nevada.
Canadian junior MGX has entered into an option agreement to earn into the Kibby Basin lithium brine project, in Nevada.
Copper trains ransacked by ‘moles’ in full-moon desert heists
Thieves leap from trucks onto trains as they roll through Chile’s Atacama Desert, before throwing 80-kilo slabs of copper to the ground and disappearing.
Asia Gold-Buying picks up in India on low prices
"In last few days the rupee and international prices are moving in favour of buyers. Jewellers are placing orders," said a Mumbai-based dealer.
SolGold intersects copper, gold at flagship project in Ecuador
Company believes its Cascabel copper-gold project, 180 km north of the capital Quito, may become one of the largest copper-gold porphyry systems ever discovered.
Reduced head count, capex spending biggest contributor to mine efficiency mid-decade: McKinsey
To stay productive, McKinsey warns that miners must maintain fiscal discipline.
Antofagasta sells electricity transmission business for $117m
Chile-focused miner said proceeds from the sale would enable it to focus on its core activity of producing copper.
Rio Tinto’s ‘world’s largest robot’ delivers first iron ore load
The autonomous train, consisting of three locomotives and carrying around 28,000 tonnes of iron ore, travelled from Tom Price mine to the port of Cape Lambert
BHP makes contract offer to union at Escondida mine in Chile
Labor talks at Escondida are in the final stretch before a 30-month contract expires at the end of July.
