Copper price falls as China investment grows at slowest pace on record
Called off strike at world's largest copper mine adds to pressure on copper price now down nearly 20% in little over two months.
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Japan utilities, Glencore set annual coal contract at $110/T
Japanese utilities and global mining giant Glencore have settled an Australian thermal coal import contract for April 2018-March 2019 at $110 a tonne.
Miner Antofagasta’s H1 earnings fall, trade tensions cloud demand outlook
Chilean copper producer Antofagasta said first-half core earnings fell 16.2 percent from a year earlier.
Columbus Gold to buy 70% stake in Maripa project from IAMGOLD
The project is made up of five contiguous exploration permits and has a historic gold production of around 40,000 ounces of gold, mined between 1985 and 1996.
China’s Ganfeng grabs SQM’s stake in Argentinean lithium project
The $87.5-million deal is the latest Chinese acquisition of a lithium project in South America, following Tianqi Lithium’s decision to buy 24% of SQM for $4.1 billion, which has not yet been approved by Chile’s antitrust regulator.
Lithium boom unlikely to disrupt potash market — analyst
While lithium and potash are often found in the same deposits and mined together, the increasing number of projects aimed at producing the white metal shouldn’t have an impact in the potash market.
Battery upsurge spurs quest to resurrect World War II cobalt mines
Chile, known for its vast copper deposits, is joining the search for cobalt amid soaring demand for a metal that’s mostly mined in the politically risky Democratic Republic of Congo, which holds 60% of the world's reserves.
About 1,500 jobs to go at Gold Fields’ South Deep as part of restructuring
The struggling mine, Gold Fields’ only asset left in South Africa, holds the world’s largest gold deposit after Grasberg in Indonesia and accounts for 60% for the company’s mineral reserves.
Barrick shares bounce on final permits for giant Alaska gold mine
Rough day for world's top gold mining company ends on high note.