May 28, 2019 VW to rework $56B battery push on Samsung deal risk Volkswagen is making changes to its battery-purchasing plan worth about 50 billion euros ($56 billion) over concerns one of its supply deals, with Samsung, might unravel.
May 27, 2019 Pan Global gets access to Torrubia copper target in Spain The Canadian miner said that being able to enter Torrubia provides access to approximately 1.9 kilometres of strike with the widest and strongest soil copper geochemistry in the north part…
May 22, 2019 British Steel collapses after failing to secure extra funding The High Court has ordered the compulsory liquidation of the company, although staff will remain employed for now as the liquidator oversees the operation of the main site in Scunthorpe.
May 22, 2019 Aurubis buys recycler Metallo in move beyond copper Europe's biggest copper smelter has agreed to buy Belgian-Spanish recycling company Metallo Group for 380 million euros ($424 million).
May 22, 2019 Merkel cabinet approves $45B in aid for coal regions The aid package launches a drive to transform chimney-stack economies into high-tech centers and will help Germany achieve its climate goals for 2030 and put it on the right path…
May 21, 2019 British Steel risks collapse with 25,000 jobs at stake The possible collapse of British Steel comes after Germany's Thyssenkrupp and India's Tata Steel ditched a plan this month to merge their European steel assets to create the EU's second…
May 21, 2019 BHP more bullish on long-term EV prospects The world's largest miner has revised up expectations for electric vehicle sales and market penetration, but warns the electrification of the transport sector will proceed only as fast as the…
May 21, 2019 Canada’s Pure Gold starts trading in London The decision to take a dual listing comes as Canadian investors shun junior miners, preferring the buzz and growth potential of cannabis producers.
May 20, 2019 Confusing signals cloud London nickel market — opinion The LME nickel market was last week gripped by the most acute tightness in a decade.
May 19, 2019 Only one-eighth of the solar system should be mined – study Researchers want space-miners to focus on the Moon, Mars and iron-rich bodies tumbling through the asteroid belt and leave things such as Jupiter and Saturn alone.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
