Top Philippine nickel miner says 2019 ore sales steady, exports to China to fall
Nickel Asia accounts for about half of the nickel ore output in the world's second-biggest supplier of the metal.
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Cyber attack hits operations at aluminum maker Norsk Hydro
The company couldn’t detail how much output had been impacted, but said the so-called potlines, which process molten aluminum and need to be kept running 24 hours a day, had switched to manual mode.
How much oil is displaced by electric vehicles? not much, so far
Electric vehicles are taking ever-bigger bites out of global oil demand, but they haven’t yet caught up with the growing size of the pie.
Chile’s Codelco to ink copper deal with Ecuador-controlled miner
The 982-million-tonne Llurimagua copper project is located in the Imbabura Province, about 80 km northeast of Ecuador's capital of Quito.
Antofagasta expects copper deficit of up to 300,000 tonnes this year
The Chilean miner expects demand to outstrip supply in 2019 as consumption growth remains positive, but production increases continue to be minimal.
Taxes and royalties paid by Australian miners equivalent to Federal Government education spending
Aussie miners paid A$30.6 billion in company tax and royalties in 2017-18.
Granada gets high-grade gold by employing disruptive technology
The miner reports attaining higher grades after running a preliminary gravity separation study on lower-grade, gold-bearing rock.
BHP blames heavy rains for autonomous trucks crash
The collision between the driverless vehicles happened about 11pm on March 16, at the Jimblebar iron ore mine in Western Australia.
Russia ban, Fiat Chrysler drive palladium price to new record high
The precious metal is up nearly 90% since August.
