April 23, 2018

LME to temporarily move nickel closing prices out of ring

The move is likely to happen early next year and last for three months, after which pricing will return to the ring.

April 22, 2018

German researchers say mining intensifies social conflicts in Peru

A group of researchers from Berlin’s Humboldt University published a study where they say that mining activities are the leading cause of social conflicts in Peru.

April 22, 2018

Caledonia wants to expand in Zimbabwe

The company is negotiating the possibility of buying the government’s 16 per cent stake in the Blanket project.

April 22, 2018

Mining firms from China to Canada watch as Greenland holds election

China already actively seeking opportunities.

April 20, 2018

EU needs ‘full’ exemption from U.S. tariffs -France’s Le Maire

"We cannot live with full confidence with the risk of being hit by those measures"

April 20, 2018

Commodities are flashing a once-in-a-generation buy signal

Since the commodities supercycle unwound nearly 10 years ago, many investors have been waiting for the right conditions to trigger mean reversion and lift prices.

April 20, 2018

Ship firm Oldendorff halting Guyana operation due to Rusal crisis

Rusal's 90 percent owned Bauxite Company of Guyana produced 1.05 million tonnes of bauxite - the raw material used to make aluminium - last year.

April 20, 2018

Mining firms from China to Canada watch as Greenland holds election

Chinese interest in Greenland comes after Beijing expressed ambitions to form a "Polar Silk Road" by developing shipping lanes opened up by global warming.

April 20, 2018

HSBC pulls the plug on coal

Europe’s largest bank won’t fund new coal power plants, oil sands and arctic drilling, except in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam.

April 20, 2018

World’s top diamond producer first-quarter output hit by mine accident

Alrosa's production fell by 17% in the first three months of the year mainly due to the halt of its Mir underground mine and lower-grade ores processed from the Jubilee pipe.