November 20, 2017 Norilsk Nickel to increase 2017 palladium purchases Head of Global Sales and Marketing Markus Meurer said purchases in 2017 would rise to as much as 600,000 oz of palladium, compared to 160,764 oz last year.
November 20, 2017 Norilsk Nickel to cut costs by $200-$300m a year by 2020 COO Sergey Dyachenko told Reuters ahead of a strategy update to investors that the cost cuts were part of a comprehensive cost reduction programme.
November 20, 2017 Top Glencore executive quits Katanga board after accounting lapse Katanga, which operates cobalt and copper mines in the DRC, said Aristotelis Mistakidis, Liam Gallagher and Tim Henderson had tendered their resignations.
November 20, 2017 Anglo to halt Minas Rio in Brazil if expansion licence delayed further The company said if long-delayed permit for its massive iron ore mine is not issued next month as expected, it would have to shut it by Sep. 2018.
November 17, 2017 French researchers unearth largest stash of Medieval silver coins ever found They are puzzled by the finding of 21 Islamic gold dinars at an abbey in eastern France.
November 17, 2017 Vale delays sale of stake in New Caledonia nickel mine The sale may be delayed for up to a year, a setback to efforts by the world’s largest iron ore producer to offload non-core assets.
November 17, 2017 Hedge fund bet on Glencore backfires with $100m loss London hedge fund giant Lansdowne Partners lost a long-term bet against Glencore this year after the spectacular recovery of the miner took some by surprise.
November 16, 2017 Cobalt hedging not mining the route for VW in EV drive, official says "Hedging by means of long-term (supplier) contracts is [] way to control such new issues (of securing materials supplies)," says VW head of sustainability.
November 16, 2017 Canada says coal not coming back, US and Germany differ Nearly 20 countries have joined a British-Canadian initiative to phase out coal from power generation before 2030.
November 15, 2017 Fresnillo jumps after HBSC upgrades rating to ‘buy’ HSBC referred to the company as a “sector leader at a discount”.
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
