Home: Stainless steel strength and supply hits reinforce nickel price Nickel's current revival has very little to do with either Indonesia or battery demand. Reuters | July 21, 2021 | 7:04 am
Antofagasta says drought could hit full-year production Los Pelambres, located 240 km north-east of Santiago, is beginning to feel the impact of one of Chile’s worst droughts in the last 12 years. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2021 | 7:01 am
Rio Tinto’s RBM to shut furnace as stockpiles depleted The Richards Bay Minerals operation in South Africa has been halted since late June following the murder of the top manager. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2021 | 3:32 am
Australia’s iron ore miners face train driver shortage amid covid lockdowns BHP announced plans to train 200 new drivers. Reuters | July 20, 2021 | 9:20 pm
Rio Tinto, Bougainville community reach agreement to assess Panguna legacy impacts The Panguna mine was operated by BCL, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, for 17 years from 1972 until 1989, when operations were suspended due to an uprising against the mine and subsequent civil war. MINING.com Editor | July 20, 2021 | 4:44 pm
‘Change is coming’: Peru’s Castillo faces a divided nation after election battle Castillo says he wants to increase spending on healthcare and education by raising the funds from mining tax hikes. Reuters | July 20, 2021 | 2:04 pm
Yamana green lights development for Wasamac gold with higher production The company acquired the Wasamac deposit and Camflo property and mill when it bought Monarch Gold in January. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 20, 2021 | 11:10 am
Volkswagen battery electric vehicle deliveries nearly triple in H1 Deliveries were mostly driven by demand in Europe, which last week unveiled an effective end date for new combustion engine cars. Reuters | July 20, 2021 | 10:32 am
Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula exports first copper concentrate First truck-loads departed from the mine on July 17 and will be shipped exclusively to China from the Port of Durban in South Africa. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 20, 2021 | 9:59 am