Leagold closing Brazil mine for two months due to drought
The company's recently-acquired Riacho dos Machados (RDM) mine will be closed for about two months.
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Barrick maintains forecasts ahead of Randgold vote
Shareholders of Barrick and Randgold will vote on Nov. 5 on an all-stock transaction that will create a company with operations in Africa, Australia, North and South America, Saudi Arabia and Papua New Guinea.
Mining in the Mekong: Myanmar to outperform, Thailand to underperform – report
Myanmar is expected to lead in the Mekong region for mining industry growth, driven by the high production growth of tin, lead and coal.
Chile’s Supreme Court signals death knell of Kinross gold mine
Chile's Supreme Court upheld an environmental order for a gold mine owned by Canada's Kinross Gold Corp to close its water pumping wells.
SQM controlling shareholder moves to block stake sale to China’s Tianqi
The controlling shareholder in Chilean lithium producer SQM on Wednesday filed suit with Chile's Constitutional Court.
Top copper miner almost sold out on strong China demand
Chinese copper demand has been so strong in the past few months that top producer Codelco has almost sold out of supplies for next year, well ahead of schedule.
The real cash cow in mining isn’t metals. It’s bad old coal
For all the bullish talk about metals of the future, miners are making some of their biggest profits from heavy-industry stalwart coal.
Blockchain tech coming to commodities, Masters tells LME
Blockchain facilitates the exchange of critical trade documents, bills of lading, letters of credit between connected users securely and confidentially.
The battery boom created a new lithium superpower in china
The Irish town of Carlow is an unlikely staging post in the super-charged rise of a key player in China’s push to dominate the global electric-vehicle revolution.