January 3, 2019 Zambia says mines have failed to show impact of higher taxes The Chamber of Mines said that as a result of the changes, more than 58% of Zambia's copper producers would be loss-making at current prices.
January 3, 2019 Centamin reshuffles board amid production hitches at Sukari mine Josef El-Raghy had moved from executive chairman to chairman, as the search for a successor continues.
January 2, 2019 Rio plans to delay ex-CEO’s bonus again amid Guinea probe Rio said it would postpone any short- and long-term incentives owed to Sam Walsh for a minimum of two years. Rio is now planning to extend that time period.
January 2, 2019 New era for Barrick Gold begins Barrick now trades as GOLD in New York and continues as ABX in Toronto.
January 2, 2019 Blackwater founder launches fund to invest in electric car battery metals The founder of the US private security company aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, lithium and copper.
December 28, 2018 Ballots replace bullets as mineral giant Congo holds vote This weekend, the vast central African nation is banking on a new method: the ballot box.
December 27, 2018 Year’s best major metal gains steam as supply eclipses trade woe The price of palladium has more then doubled in the past three years.
December 27, 2018 Human activity creates 208 new mineral species Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls
December 26, 2018 Russia’s Nornickel terminates agreement with Botswana’s BCL on asset sale The termination of the agreement will also enable Nornickel to pursue its own strategy for the African assets.
December 23, 2018 How to profit from low-grade gold mines Mining costs rose steadily through the 2000s which should have hurt a lot of gold miners. But it didn’t.
Chilean authorities gear up to remove workers from Mantoverde plant as strike continues The union representing workers at the mine alleges that those occupying the plant are a minority group of employees, and not backed by the union. January 30, 2026 | 11:40 am
