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.
May 16, 2019 Poland’s KGHM hits production record, expects Sierra Gorda to exceed target Europe's second-largest copper producer also posted its best quarterly results in the last three years, with revenue rising by PLN 1.2 billion (about $312 million).
May 15, 2019 Army puts backers off multibillion-dollar Zimbabwe platinum mine A plan to build Zimbabwe’s biggest platinum mine at a cost of about $4 billion is floundering because a military stake in the project has deterred potential backers.
May 15, 2019 Aurubis confirms bleak profit outlook on lean markets, shutdowns Europe's largest copper producer expects operating pre-tax earnings in its 2018/19 fiscal year to fall significantly by more than 15% compared with the previous year.
May 14, 2019 Rio Tinto may start mining lithium in Serbia by 2023 No decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the Jadar, which is estimated to contain 10% of the…
May 14, 2019 Erin Ventures working to bring boron project in Serbia towards feasibility The Piskanja project has an indicated mineral resource of 7.8 million tonnes averaging 31% B2O3, and an inferred resource of 3.4 million tonnes averaging 28.6% B2O3.
May 13, 2019 Poland to hold high-level talks on Prairie Mining coal projects dispute Poland's prime minister and other government officials will meet on Tuesday to discuss a threat by Australia's Prairie Mining to sue Warsaw over difficulties it faced in developing coal projects.
May 13, 2019 Polish government has turned energy market into a ‘tragedy,’ regulator says Poland's energy market is being left to speculators after repeated interventions by the government have put off long-term investors.
May 12, 2019 Historic Siberian mine to become automated The Siberian Coal Energy Company partnered with VIST Group to develop an unmanned drilling technology at the Tugnuysky coal mine.
May 10, 2019 Old boys’ club LME appoints first female chair in its history Gay Huey Evans, one of the best-known women in European finance, will replace Brian Bender when he retires from the board in December.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
