June 13, 2023 EU, Argentina sign raw materials MOU with lithium in focus The MoU comes as the EU and South America's Mercosur bloc push towards finalizing a trade deal.
June 13, 2023 Boliden’s Ronneskar metals smelter damaged in fire, output halted The Swedish smelter is a major producer of copper, zinc, lead and other metals.
June 12, 2023 Battle for aluminum stocks is draining LME of non-Russian metal The trader that last month built up a dominant position in aluminum has begun taking delivery of some metal while rejecting supplies produced in Russia.
June 12, 2023 LKAB raises deposit estimate at Europe’s biggest rare earth find The European Commission wants to speed up the development of new mines like Per Geijer to end its dependence.
June 12, 2023 Glencore, carmakers lead $1bn acquisition of Appian nickel-copper mines in Brazil Deal includes the gold royalty on Mineração Vale Verde, which will be sold to ACG for $65 million in cash.
June 12, 2023 Glencore bids for Teck Resources’ coal unit The Swiss miner and commodities giant is willing to buy Teck's steelmaking coal business as alternative to a full merger.
June 11, 2023 Fed is set to pause and assess the effect of rate hikes Federal Reserve policymakers are about to take their first break from an interest-rate hiking campaign that started 15 months ago.
June 11, 2023 New evidence solidifies Oman’s role as major copper provider during Bronze Age Since copper ingots were usually further processed to make tools and other objects, they are only rarely unearthed in archaeological excavations.
June 9, 2023 Mining’s changing ESG landscape Dean Slocum and Chris Anderson of Acorn International on artisanal miners, China in Africa, the NGO-industrial complex, Juukan Gorge and mining’s changing guard.
June 9, 2023 Norway considers opening Germany-sized area to deep-sea mining The country’s energy ministry plans to submit to parliament in the next two weeks a proposal to open an area close to Svalbard to applications for exploration and extraction.
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
