December 11, 2017 ArcelorMittal miners stage sit-in at four Kazakh coal mines About 200 coal miners in Kazakhstan refused to leave four mines operated by a unit of ArcelorMittal at the end of their shift on Monday and staged a sit-in.
December 8, 2017 Glencore says signs labor pacts at most of its Australian coal mines These new labor agreements with workers at 13 of its coal mines in Australia end months of negotiations over wages and benefits.
December 8, 2017 Mongolian Gov’t can’t nationalize Erdenet Copper Mine — court Erdenet, which produces 530,000 tons of ore annually, is one of Asia’s biggest copper and molybdenum mines and a top tax contributor to the country’s $12 billion economy.
December 7, 2017 Vedanta’s Zambian arm to set up new processing plants Vedanta Resources said Thursday its Zambian subsidiary KCM plans to set up new copper smelter, cobalt refinery and more under a $1 bln investment programme.
December 7, 2017 The one indicator OPEC must watch Last week, OPEC decided to extend its production cuts through end of 2018. The target is now to bring global oil inventories back down to the 5 year average.
December 6, 2017 This is the breakthrough company of Mines & Money 2017 Forget gold, the crazy cobalt price or lithium frenzy; this junior mining company is upending the sapphire (yes sapphire) market.
December 6, 2017 LME to deal clearing blow to new metals platform NFEx The London Metal Exchange unlikely to provide clearing services for proposed new trading platform NFEx, a significant obstacle to the new exchange.
December 6, 2017 This new model tracks copper use from cradle to grave…to reincarnation Research also charts rapid growth of China’s copper use.
December 5, 2017 Diamond Fields to resume mining off Namibian coast next year The country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has renewed the Canadian miner's licence for ten years.
December 5, 2017 Glencore, Canadian teachers launch mining royalty firm BaseCore Metals will be independently operated and have its own board of directors.
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