Albemarle quarterly profit jumps nearly fivefold on rising lithium demand The miner posted second-quarter net income of $424.6 compared to $85.6 million in the year-ago quarter. Reuters | August 4, 2021 | 2:39 pm
BHP joins Komatsu’s GHG Alliance BHP plans to operate one of the first batches of zero-emission trucks upon commercial release. MINING.com Editor | August 4, 2021 | 2:23 pm
Tin price surge to subside by end of year – report The tin market outperformed all other base metals in the first half of this year. MINING.com Editor | August 4, 2021 | 12:49 pm
Chilean lawmakers postpone vote on controversial mining royalty bill Bill calls for a 3% royalty on sales of over 12,000 tonnes of copper productions a year and 50,000t/y of lithium. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 4, 2021 | 9:22 am
Filo Mining shares up on further drill results from Argentina "Filo del Sol is growing into one of the largest copper-gold-silver discoveries ever," company says. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 4, 2021 | 9:14 am
Copper price down on softer growth in US and China Chinese policymakers have been trying to tame surging commodity prices — from coal to copper. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 4, 2021 | 8:14 am
Vale warns Canada nickel ramp-up will stretch into next quarter About 85% of members of USW Local 6500 voted in favour of Vale’s latest five-year contract offer. Bloomberg News | August 4, 2021 | 7:47 am
Metso Outotec flags 2nd half growth with orders jump The group's order intake, an indication of future revenue, grew 43% from the pandemic-hit quarter last year to $1.61 billion. Reuters | August 4, 2021 | 7:41 am
Fortescue worker tests positive for covid-19 at Western Australia site There has been no material impact to operations at Cloudbreak iron ore mine. Reuters | August 4, 2021 | 7:33 am