December 26, 2022 Turns out that gold objects were also valued during the Bronze Age Archaeologists identified a 4000-year-old gold-working toolkit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge.
December 23, 2022 Hedge funds lose court fight for LME disclosure of nickel crisis communications The firms are challenging moves by the LME, which cancelled about $3.9 billion worth of trades on March 8.
December 23, 2022 New calls for banning coal as punishment at Christmas An article in the British Medical Journal makes the environmental case for ending what the authors call an “outdated and potentially harmful” tradition.
December 22, 2022 Prices will fall across metals and mining in 2023 – Woodmac Commodity research firm says production growth, weaker demand and negative sentiment in the industry will see iron ore, copper and industrial metals sink next year.
December 22, 2022 BHP set to face $12 billion UK suit over Brazil dam disaster An eight-week hearing is scheduled to proceed almost nine years after the dam collapse.
December 21, 2022 Researchers chart environmentally friendlier methods to produce nitrogen fertilizer Scientists are proposing the idea of ditching coal and natural gas to produce nitrogen fertilizer.
December 21, 2022 Terrafame to start mining uranium in Finland by mid-2024 The miner will extract uranium as a byproduct of zinc and nickel production and aims to produce 200 tonnes per year by 2026.
December 20, 2022 Burkina Faso denies it paid Russian fighters with mine rights Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo caused a controversy by stating last week that Burkina Faso had hired mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group to help it fight Islamist militants.
December 20, 2022 Aurubis plans 530 million euros in new investments Europe's largest copper smelter Aurubis scrapped its existing dividend policy and announced the growth-oriented investments on Tuesday.
December 20, 2022 Column: Commodity forecasts are absurd, but China is key as Ukraine fades While 2022 has largely been a story of the necessity of fossil fuels, it's likely that the surging prices accelerate the drive to renewable energies.
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
