May 2, 2019

RANKED: Top 10 lowest cost gold mines on the globe

Barrick's South Arturo loses top spot, two other Barrick mines dropped from top 10 ranking.

May 2, 2019

Kyrgyzstan bans uranium mining after protests

Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Thursday to ban uranium exploration and mining despite previously issuing licenses to foreign companies such as Canada's Azarga.

May 1, 2019

World Bank, Germany, Rio and Anglo set up “climate smart” mining fund

The World Bank is targeting a total investment of $50 million, to be deployed over a 5-year timeframe.

May 1, 2019

INFOGRAPHIC: Metals and minerals used in renewable power generation

Global demand for strategic minerals like lithium, graphite and nickel will skyrocket by 965%, 383% and 108% respectively by 2050, according to the World Bank’s updated 2018 projections.

May 1, 2019

How Russia contaminated $2.7B of oil exports to Europe

For 10 days, refiners and oil firms in Europe cut purchases of Russian oil by up to a million barrels a day after finding out crude from the Druzhba pipeline…

April 30, 2019

Societe Generale resigns as London gold and silver market maker

SocGen said this month it would cut 1,600 jobs to boost profits after poor performance last year and exit over-the-counter commodities trading.

April 30, 2019

Glencore lowers 2019 production forecasts for copper to oil

Glencore cut its full-year copper-output goal by about 3% and lowered production targets for other commodities from nickel to oil.

April 30, 2019

American Battery Metals wants option to acquire Viken vanadium project in Sweden

The project has a Mineral Resource of 163 million pounds in the Indicated category and 16.7 billion pounds in the Inferred category.

April 30, 2019

Sirius Minerals secures JP Morgan backing to build UK’s biggest potash mine

The company's stock fell to its lowest in more than a year — likely a market reaction to the higher funding costs and dilution from the share placing.

April 29, 2019

UK regulator drops big companies from responsible-payment list

Five firms, including BHP, were removed from the Prompt Payment Code, an initiative to speed up settlement of invoices owed to suppliers.