February 4, 2021

Trafigura, Mubadala said to weigh sale of Spanish copper miner

The joint owners have been discussing a potential disposal of Minas de Aguas Tenidas, which could be valued at about $2 billion.

February 4, 2021

Gina Rinehart targets EV boom with ‘green’ lithium play

Rinehart’s mining empire will become a cornerstone investor in Vulcan Energy, which is building a lithium project in Germany.

February 4, 2021

Rio Tinto launches sustainability label for aluminium with blockchain

The mining giant said the label will be similar to a nutrition label found on food and drink packaging.

February 4, 2021

Metso Outotec to cut 80 white-collar positions in Sweden

The Finnish company said the layoffs are a consequence of the Outotec Oyj and Metso Corporation’s Minerals business merger.

February 4, 2021

Galantas Gold closer to production after blasting deal

Shares in the Northern Ireland-focused miner soared on the announcement of deal to expand blasting at its Omagh gold mine.

February 3, 2021

Silver price regains ground after two-day wild swing

Silver bounces back after the biggest loss since August.

February 3, 2021

Copper price climbs as Citi analyst predicts market deficit in H2

Global copper consumption is forecast to rise 6% to 24.76 million tonnes this year after a 1.3% drop last year.

February 3, 2021

Populist crowd fails to breach the silver fortress for now

Ironically, the silver squeeze may have benefited the very funds that have come in for vilification for shorting stocks

February 3, 2021

UK defends approval of first deep coal mine in 30 years

Woodhouse Colliery would produce 3.1 million tonnes of metallurgical coal and 400,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year.

February 3, 2021

De Beers’ diamond sales beat pre-covid levels

The miner's rough-diamond sales jumped 44% in the first cycle of 2021 from to the same period last year.