Copper price down on softer growth in US and China
Chinese policymakers have been trying to tame surging commodity prices — from coal to copper.
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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.
Anglo American, Salzgitter to jointly advance green steel
The partners intend to conduct research into feed materials to use in direct reduction (DR) steelmaking, based on natural gas and hydrogen.
Bacteria help extract rare earths from mine slag heaps
French researchers will start extracting rare earths, cobalt, copper, and nickel from slag heaps in Finland and New Caledonia.
Quebec injects $10.7m into Monarch to help reopen Beaufor gold mine
Provincial loan agreement will be used to restart the company's now idled Beaufor gold mine and Beacon mill.
Peru’s mining executives anxious as Castillo’s left-wing administration begins
The administration has said it will work with all players in the mining sector to create a new deal that will address "social profitability."
Piedmont ‘very optimistic’ on North Carolina permit approval
The company will apply for a state mining permit by mid-August and expects the review process to last six to nine months.
Manganese X advances Battery Hill PEA
The historic estimate was 39 million tonnes at 9% manganese.
Barrick agrees to independent environmental studies for Pueblo Viejo expansion
The expansion has been under study since May 2019.
