April 12, 2018

Winners Announced: Mines and Money Asia Outstanding Achievement Awards

A key feature of the annual Mines and Money Asia conference, which took place in Hong Kong last week, was the announcement […]

April 12, 2018

Impact of electric cars in medium-term copper demand ‘overrated’, experts say

Increasing disposable income in emerging economies and the adoption of greener technologies, are the two factors to drive most of the expected increased demand in copper during the next five…

April 12, 2018

Eurasian Resources Group: market outlook 2018

The past couple of months have featured a broad retracement of the metals complex, away from the recent highs.

April 12, 2018

Agarwal offers Anglo help in tapping India’s 1.3 billion people

The mining tycoon wasn’t explicit about whether he wanted to assist Anglo with increasing sales to India or to start operating mines there.

April 12, 2018

‘Urban mining’ in S.Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech

In 2016, the most recent year from which data is available, 19.6 trillion won ($18.38 billion) worth of metals were extracted from recycled materials.

April 12, 2018

Can China fill aluminium shortage after Rusal sanctioned?

International prices, which have shot up more than 10 percent since the sanctions were announced, will have to rise further to lure exports from China.

April 11, 2018

Komatsu sales growth to slow as miners avoid new equipment buys

Miners were forced to curb spending by a collapse in commodities prices in 2015-16, but a partial price recovery since then has eased the pressure.

April 11, 2018

Why diamond trading slowed down in March

Rapaport expects polished trading to continue slowing in the coming months.

April 11, 2018

Vedanta Resources expects supply constraints to sustain zinc prices

Vedanta could accelerate expansion of its African zinc operations to take advantage of strong prices.

April 11, 2018

Mining industry must improve human rights, environment protection — index

The Responsible Mining Index, launched in Geneva on Wednesday, assesses the policies and practices of 30 large companies that produce 25 percent of mined commodities, from gold to copper and…