Iron ore price nudges $75
The fresh gains are partly down to strength in Chinese steel prices following further production cuts in the Northern China city of Tangshan, analysts say.
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Platinum deficit will shrink this year
For those hoping for a strong uptick in the price of the precious metal, the World Platinum Investment Council does not offer reason to be sanguine.
Goldman bullish on commodities amid mining’s accelerating rally
Commodities are back in favour, boosting oil producers and miners after their annus horribilis of 2015.
Canadian rare earths mine to transport ore using airships
The unique hybrid airships will shuttle between Quest’s Strange Lake open pit mine in Northern Québec and Schefferville.
Congo gets firmer grip on Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula copper project
Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines and joint-venture partner Zijin Mining have transferred a further 15% interest in their Kamoa-Kakula copper project to the DRC’s government.
Polemic around Canadian firm’s gold project in Ireland heats up
Locals oppose to the Dalradian Resources' plans to build a processing plant at its Curraghinalt project, which will use cyanide to extract gold.
Eldorado Gold officially out of China
Company has finished selling its stakes in the White Mountain and Tanjianshan mines, as well as in the Eastern Dragon development project to an affiliate of China’s Yintai Resources.
Shell introduces new extraction diluent to increase metal extraction
The primary goal is to pick a diluent that would yield you the highest concentrations of copper from your process, because that’s the actual final outcome that the mine is going for.
Shell presents its portfolio of lubrication products
When you start to think that one injector can over-lubricate by $50,000 a year and when you’ve got—on some machines—200 injectors, some of those savings can be huge.