April 19, 2018 Bolivia nearing deal on partner to develop lithium – minister The South American nation hopes to sign a deal with a foreign partner after a decade of state-led development left output far short of goals for the metal.
April 19, 2018 UK goes a record 55 hours without coal as clean power expands Coal, which fueled the world’s biggest economies for more than a century, is increasingly losing out to renewables.
April 19, 2018 Sanctions fallout upends metals as aluminum, nickel burst higher Aluminum rallied as much as 7.1 percent, a record intraday gain, to $2,718 a ton in London.
April 19, 2018 Strike halts gold output at two Randgold mines in Mali — union The strike at the company’s Loulo and Gounkoto mines is related to the payment of bonuses and will continue until the issue is resolved.
April 18, 2018 Diamonds confirm existence of planetary “embryo” A planetary “embryo” gave origin to the meteorite fragments that form the Almahata Sitta collection.
April 18, 2018 Russia fears light fire under nickel price Price surges nearly 5% to three-year high over worries that top producer Norilsk could befall the same fate as aluminum giant Rusal.
April 17, 2018 Quantum Minería wants to extract rare earth elements from groundwater The Sí a la Tierra Viva platform rejects the miner's proposal.
April 17, 2018 Australian miner reports maiden potash resource in Germany Davenport Resources reported a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource of 576.6-million tonnes at 12.1% potassium oxide at its Ebeleben mining licence.
April 17, 2018 Russia sanctions throw global aluminum supply chain into chaos Alumina prices have already rocketed, jumping by more than a quarter in the last week and heading for a record high.
April 16, 2018 EU demands compensation for U.S. steel tariffs at WTO In a step already taken by China, the EU said it did not accept the "national security" justification for the U.S. tariffs.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
