January 11, 2018 Indonesia hopes to finalize Freeport contract talks by June Although divestment issues are still unresolved, Indonesia hopes to finalize contract talks with Freeport McMoRan Inc over the Grasberg copper mine by June.
January 11, 2018 Mali mine takes B2Gold 2017 output to record high This is the ninth consecutive year the Canadian miner achieves record annual gold production.
January 10, 2018 Giant Bougainville mine restart stalls on moratorium over fears of civil unrest The Bougainville government has imposed an indefinite moratorium on mining at the controversial Panguna site — once the world's biggest open-pit copper mine.
January 9, 2018 Oil tanker still on fire in the East China Sea The Sanchi collided with a cargo ship about 260km off the coast of Shanghai.
January 8, 2018 Qatar to make copper wires, aluminium bars as it resists embargo Affiliate of Qatari conglomerate Aamal Co plans to build three factories to produce copper wires, aluminium bars and drums for cables.
January 8, 2018 As China restricts scrap, metal companies look to process copper abroad China told the WTO it would stop accepting certain types of foreign solid waste, including metals, in 2018 if they didn't meet stricter impurity thresholds.
January 7, 2018 Coal dwarfs battery metals in mining deals despite war on pollution Coal and iron ore dominated mining takeovers in 2017, Thomson Reuters data shows, with buyers favoring the heavily polluting devil they know over the uncertainties of a battery-powered future.
January 7, 2018 Huge silver deposit discovered in Inner Mongolia Chinese media is reporting that a large deposit of silver has been found in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia.
January 5, 2018 CHARTS: Big mining’s surge in value shames tech giants The mining cycle turned two years ago – gains for the sector's largest companies have far outpaced stocks like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook since.
January 5, 2018 Asia Gold-Higher prices dent demand Physical gold demand across Asia remained subdued this week as prices rallied to a three-and-a-half-month high, keeping retail buyers away from the market.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
