Copper worth nearly half a billion dollars goes missing in China
A group of companies is investigating why a commodities storage site is holding only one-third of the copper concentrate they were financing.
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Petropavlovsk to sell Russian assets for $600m to UMMC
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Condor Gold shares jump on La India test results
Final tests results indicate a metallurgical recovery of 91% over the life of the open pit gold mine in Nicaragua.
Albemarle studying ways to recycle lithium in North America
The world's largest lithium producer is evaluating just how it can partner, invest and develop a battery recycling business.
New ways to deal with arsenic in Chile’s copper mines
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Ten Mexican miners remain trapped in coal mine after three rescued
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Glencore profit more than doubles thanks to soaring coal price
The firm’s coal division generated earnings of $8.9 billion in the first six months of the year as prices for the fossil fuel have soared.
Codelco reports accident at mine where worker died last month
Although no one was hurt in Wednesday's "operational incident," Codelco said it had launched an investigation to determine the cause.
Albemarle’s lithium sales surge after supply contracts renegotiated
Second-quarter lithium sales nearly tripled due to rising prices of the electric vehicle battery metal.