October 28, 2019

Ecuador moving from explorers’ hotspot to copper exporter with first cargo

Mirador mine, in the southeastern Zamora-Chinchipe province, has copper reserves estimated 3.2 million tonnes.

October 27, 2019

China iron ore futures rise on easing trade tensions, firm demand

China's Dalian iron ore futures rose as much as 2.3% on Monday, the highest in more than ten days.

October 24, 2019

Papua New Guinea orders China-owned Ramu nickel plant to shut

Ramu Nickel was ordered shut "for not adhering to remedial measures issued six weeks ago."

October 24, 2019

Teck to lay off workers, cut spending as US-China trade war weighs on profit

Canada’s largest diversified miner will continue to forge ahead with its key Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 project in Chile.

October 23, 2019

MAPPED: Top gold drill results – August 2019

A trend towards exploration of advanced projects, rather than greenfield opportunities, returned in August.

October 23, 2019

China leads the race to exploit deep sea minerals — UN body

China is likely to become the first country in the world to start mining seabed minerals if the international rules for exploitation are approved next year.

October 22, 2019

Sustainability the new battleground for aluminium producers — opinion

Going green is the new differentiator in the cut-throat business of making aluminium.

October 22, 2019

Tianqi has first loss in 5-1/2 years as lithium prices crash

Chengdu-based Tianqi reported a net loss of 53.9 million yuan ($7.62 million) for July-September 2019, versus net profit of 379.7 million yuan a year earlier.

October 18, 2019

Oil posts a weekly loss amid dour economic outlook, supply rise

Futures in New York fell 1.7% this week.

October 18, 2019

China iron ore suffers biggest weekly drop in over 2 months

China's third-quarter economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in almost three decades as the bruising US trade war hit factory production