March 9, 2021

Nornickel to take another week to halt water inflow at Siberia mines

Nornickel could loose 4-5% of its 2021 output if the two mines are suspended for one month.

March 9, 2021

Shareholders ask Rio Tinto to disclose climate targets, review lobby associations

They want Rio disclose short, medium and long-term targets for direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and chalk out its performance against those targets.

March 9, 2021

Cornish Metals closer to reopening tin-copper mine in UK

The Canadian miner has inked key deals that enable it to progress plans for the South Crofty mine in Cornwall.

March 9, 2021

NGOs lambaste LBMA’s gold sourcing program

Five advocacy groups have asked the EU not to endorse the market authority's policing of gold refineries.

March 8, 2021

Alternative financing remains underpenetrated avenue for miners – report

Alternative financing options could generate $800 billion for miners over the next ten years, according to McKinsey.

March 8, 2021

Platts to launch ‘green’ aluminum prices in April

The London Metal Exchange, the world's biggest industrial metals market, has rejected calls to create a separate contract for low-carbon aluminum and instead plans to create a digital register this…

March 8, 2021

Gold, silver demonstrate viability of new process for building ultralight materials

Nanometer-sized metal struts that form nested networks on separate hierarchical levels demonstrated to provide great strength while remaining ultralight.

March 7, 2021

Anti-dumping investigation could lead to higher costs for European steelmakers – report

Europe-based graphite electrode producers lodged a complaint before the EC alleging that imports of certain Chinese products were being dumped.

March 5, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.

March 5, 2021

Nickel price slumps as electric dreams are rudely disturbed

The metal has endured its worst week in almost ten years, with the London Metal Exchange (LME) price collapsing by 16% in the space of two days.