October 18, 2021

Copper price surges past $11,000 on supply squeeze

Traders are paying huge premiums for quickly deliverable copper after stockpiles in the LME warehouse system tumbled to their lowest level in decades.

October 18, 2021

Peru community says will block key mining road used by MMG’s Las Bambas mine

Local leaders say Las Bambas has brought pollution to the area and little in the way of economic development.

October 18, 2021

Nickel price shrugs off Vale Onça Puma halt after court order

According to a report from the NGO Finnwatch, Vale operations generated deforestation and polluted the Cateté river.

October 15, 2021

Green Energy Metals: Eight companies with big ambitions

Companies on the global hunt for lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt, and PGMs wherever they are.

October 15, 2021

Mexico eyes ‘strategic minerals,’ copper limits in mining reform

Lopez Obrador's proposed legislation will no longer award concessions to mine lithium "and other strategic minerals" needed for the country's energy transition.

October 14, 2021

CHARTS: Chinese investment in overseas copper projects just beginning

After a $16bn spending spree, Chinese owned copper mines overseas now produce some 1.2 million tonnes annually – that’s not nearly enough.

October 14, 2021

South32 buys stake in KGHM’s Chilean mine for $1.55bn

Sierra Gorda will be South32’s second-largest deal since it listed in 2015 and will add 70,000 to 80,000 tonnes of copper to its portfolio.

October 14, 2021

Barrick’s gold output rises nearly 5% sequentially on Argentine mine boost

In the three months ended Sept. 30, total preliminary gold production rose to 1.09 million ounces, from 1.04 million ounces in the previous quarter

October 14, 2021

Chile to open 400,000 tonnes of lithium reserves up for exploration

The copper-producing nation, which holds the world’s largest known lithium reserves, will tender for five quotas of 80,000 tonnes each.

October 13, 2021

Glencore sells Bolivian assets to Santacruz Silver Mining

The assets on a 100% basis, produced 6.4 million oz. silver-equivalent during the nine months ended on September 30.