Konkola Copper Mines hires RMB to find new investor
Zambia's previous government put KCM in the hands of a liquidator in May 2019, triggering a legal dispute with Vedanta Resources.
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Foran’s ambitious net zero plans for McIlvenna Bay attract investors
Foran has had a busy year as it advances the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc-gold project in Saskatchewan, which it says will be the world’s first zero-carbon operation.
Researchers push for using metals to treat infections
Two dozen highly active metal compounds containing cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, silver, europium, iridium, platinum, molybdenum and gold can be used to treat fungal infections.
Commodities tumble with surging dollar hitting raw materials
Gold slid to the lowest in more than two years as tighter Fed policy and Europe’s worsening energy crisis has pushed up the US currency.
Rio Tinto warns miners not moving fast enough on lithium extraction
Lithium consumption needed “to surge way above anything that’s planned to be mined,” says minerals chief Sinead Kaufman.
BHP sees Chile uncertainties easing in investment climate boost
BHP, which operates the world’s biggest copper mine in Chile, has dangled $10 billion to develop more resources in the country if those uncertainties are finally resolved.
Equinox Partners takes a stand against mining’s nonaligned directors
Chief investment officer Sean Fieler has witnessed declining levels of insider ownership at the GDX across a swath of companies in the last seven years.
Another mine dam wall collapses in South Africa
There were no immediate reports of any injuries or deaths from the latest dam wall collapse at the dormant diamond mine, which was once owned by De Beers.
MMG expects to invest $2 billion in troubled Las Bambas copper mine in Peru
One of the world's largest copper mines has suffered recurrent disruptions from indigenous Peruvian communities who say its vast mineral wealth has not translated into better living conditions.
