June 12, 2020

ABB, Zijin join forces at Serbia copper mine

The Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation will assist the Chinese giant in a €200-million modernization project of the Veliki Krivelj copper mine.

June 10, 2020

A $20 billion fund targets dirty bonds in its ESG strategy

MP Pension of Denmark is looking into expanding its blacklist of fossil-fuel assets.

June 10, 2020

Mining billionaires who made their fortunes the fastest

The richest in the sector took 16 years on average to make a billion dollars.

June 10, 2020

Alrosa’s May sales drop 85%

Sales of rough and polished diamonds stood at $40 million in May, a 85% drop from $266 million a year ago.

June 10, 2020

New king of copper trading sees demand coming back stronger

Trafigura estimates that the virus has reduced mine supply by 400,000 tonnes.

June 10, 2020

K+S to sell Americas salt business to slash debt

The sale of Morton Salt comes a decade after K+S acquired it for $1.7 billion.

June 9, 2020

BloombergNEF forecasts 18% drop in electric vehicle sales

The group projects global EV sales to reach 26 million vehicles by 2030, 9% below its 2019 forecast.

June 9, 2020

Britain goes two months without power from coal plants

It’s the longest period the country has gone without using the fossil fuel since the industrial revolution.

June 8, 2020

Mikko Tepponen joins FLSmidth as CDO

Tepponen was previously VP of digital with Wartsila, a company delivering smart technology, and senior manager of digital services at Outotec.

June 8, 2020

Green aluminium needs common standard, labelling plan

Varying standards and lack of common measurements create difficulties.