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Foreign investment in Chile surges due to new law – government

Foreign direct investment in Chile hit $8.48 billion from January to April, its highest level since records began 15 years ago, thanks to a new law designed to attract investment, the government investment agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters | July 11, 2018 | 1:20 pm

Copper price plunges to 1-year low

Metal market mayhem with $13 billion worth of copper futures offloaded by lunchtime.

Frik Els | July 11, 2018 | 12:07 pm

Rio Tinto’s minerals sands operation in South Africa shut by protests

A mineral sands operation on the South African coast run by Rio Tinto has been closed since Friday due to violent community protests which saw a security guard killed earlier this week, the company and a union said on Wednesday.

Reuters | July 11, 2018 | 11:17 am

Serbian miner RTB Bor attracts 11 possible buyers

Serbia has tried and failed three times since 2007 to sell the debt-laden mining complex, which suffered a long period of neglect during the Balkan Wars and the country's international isolation in the 1990s.

Reuters | July 11, 2018 | 10:49 am

Experts come up with plan for protecting deep-sea life from mining

An international group of researches have recommended 18 quantitative metrics that regulators can use to assess seabed mining projects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2018 | 9:58 am

Five top mining execs. convicted over Turkey’s worst mine disaster

The sentences range from 15 to 22 years in jail for high-ranked executives.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2018 | 8:24 am

Wage talks begin in South Africa’s shrinking gold industry

Negotiations start against the backdrop of stark declines in the industry that was once the world’s largest.

Bloomberg News | July 11, 2018 | 6:13 am

Resolute extends life of Queensland gold mine by three years

Ravenswood mine is now expected to end operations in 2031, with an average production of about 115,000 ounces of gold per year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2018 | 5:22 am

Trump started the metals rally, now he’s the reason it’s ending

The U.S. election of Donald Trump lit a fire under metals markets in 2016 as investors took a liking to his pro-business agenda. Now, copper and other metals are tanking as Trump’s trade war against China threatens to derail economic growth.

Bloomberg News | July 11, 2018 | 4:34 am

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