July 5, 2017 Top 50 mining companies reshuffle as Chinese, lithium firms climb rankings Combined worth of 50 largest mining companies grow to $768 billion during first half of 2017, but a few big names drop down rankings.
July 5, 2017 London court hears Vedanta’s challenge to Zambian villagers’ pollution claim Case has potential to set precedent for other foreign claims.
July 4, 2017 Former Glencore traders launch concentrates trading platform The online marketplace, named Open Mineral, will let miners put up tenders for their concentrate directly to end-users.
July 4, 2017 Antofagasta faces strike threats at two of its copper mines in Chile Workers at Zaldivar are set to vote on a strike this week, while supervisors at Centinela mine have already decided it, but expect a government mediation mechanism to extend negotiations…
July 3, 2017 Clean coal could trump renewables bill in Australia New report argues that a high-efficiency, low emissions coal-fired station would cost less than the almost A$3 billion in subsidies handed out by the government to renewable projects each year.
June 30, 2017 Metso awarded American Metal Market’s Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year The recognition was granted for the best-in-class performance and announced at the AMM Awards 2017 for Steel Excellence, in New York, United States.
June 30, 2017 60% of ALROSA’s investments are used for diamond mining development – Sergey Ivanov In 2016, ALROSA's investments in underground mines and other core production facilities amounted to RUB 16.5 billion or 60% of the Company's total capital investments.
June 29, 2017 Canada’s Gabriel Resources sues Romania for $4.4bn over halted mine The company argues the Central European country violated several investment treaty provisions in its claim to the bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
June 29, 2017 Brazil’s platinum miner Jandaga raises $2.9M in London listing Jandaga Mines is taking advantage of investors' concerns over buying into South African platinum businesses.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
