March 21, 2022 Posco to invest $4bn in lithium project in Argentina The funds will be invested in a project at a salt flat called Salar de Hombre Muerto, located in the border between the northern Salta and Catamarca provinces.
March 20, 2022 Barrick to restart Reko Diq project in deal ending dispute with Pakistan The Reko Diq project hosts one of the world's largest undeveloped copper and gold deposits.
March 18, 2022 Turquoise Hill shareholder says $2.7 billion Rio Tinto bid too low Rio Tinto on Monday proposed to buy out the 49% minority shareholders in the copper producer.
March 17, 2022 The Metals Company signs MoU for PFS on world’s first deep-sea nodule processing plant The polymetallic nodule fields in the CCZ of the Pacific represent the largest known undeveloped nickel resource on the planet.
March 17, 2022 5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now? Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.
March 17, 2022 Signet shocks diamond trade with refusal to buy Russian gems The move by the largest diamond retailer in the industry’s most important market will create difficulties through the entire global supply chain.
March 16, 2022 Freeport rolls out world-first autonomous rockbreaker fleet at Grasberg This is the first time ControlMaster Guidance – which has more than 8 million hours of autonomous operation across Load Haul Dump (LHD) production fleets – has integrated with mobile…
March 16, 2022 Antam nickel ore production more than doubled in 2021 Antam's 2021 nickel ore output increased 131.3% to 11.01 million tonnes, versus 4.76 million tonnes in 2020.
March 15, 2022 Turquoise Hill shareholders could score big with Rio’s bid Analysts predict Turquoise Hill investors will seek a higher offer than the current C$34/share bid, perhaps greater than C$50/share.
March 15, 2022 New coal mine projects seen swelling global methane emissions by a fifth China, the world's biggest coal producer, is responsible for 73% of the world's mine methane.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
