June 19, 2026 | 09:54 am Panama audit boosts Cobre Panama restart hopes Environmental review found compliance near 88% but flagged biodiversity and restoration concerns.
June 19, 2026 | 12:51 pm Newmont’s Red Chris underground expansion gets regulatory green light Approvals pave the way for a transition from open-pit mining to a block caving operation…
June 19, 2026 | 01:46 pm Op-Ed: what the Scope Systems cyber attack reveals about mining’s digital fragility The recent ransomware attack targeting Scope Systems’ ERP software stack disrupted operations at dozens of mostly Australian…
June 19, 2026 | 10:14 am Goldman cuts gold price forecast down to $4,900 The bank had previously set a price target of $5,400/oz. by the end of 2026.
June 18, 2026 | 08:36 am BHP takes $2.3B hit on Jansen as cost of potash mine swells again The Stage 2 expansion is now expected to cost $6.9 billion -- about $2 billion…
June 18, 2026 | 10:30 am Mining’s nuclear reality check: SMRs are still not on miners’ shopping lists Small and micro modular reactors are at the very bottom on miners’ low-carbon energy plans.…
June 12, 2026 | 02:44 pm Mining’s next boom is off the map: Arctic ice, abyssal plains and asteroids Depletion, lower ore grades and higher prices pushing miners to new frontiers. The Arctic is already drawing capital, deep-sea mining is moving into a regulatory fight, and space remains the long-dated option.
June 12, 2026 | 08:23 am Norsk Hydro hit by second aluminum supply crisis The Norwegian multinational faces fresh delivery risks after Qatalum ended a key sales agreement amid ongoing Middle East turmoil.
May 27, 2026 | 11:48 am Iran war squeezes acid, aluminum, miners’ margins: WoodMac The clash has disrupted more than half the seaborne sulphur trade, shut in about 11 million bbl/d of crude and put 3-3.5Mt of aluminum output at risk.
May 18, 2026 | 08:40 am Iran war pushed platinum market into its first surplus in six quarters, WPIC says In the first quarter, the platinum market recorded a 268,000-ounce surplus compared with a 658,000 deficit in the same period of 2025.