May 9, 2019 Braskem looks at options for possible Alagoas mining stoppage – CEO A report by the country's Geological Service released on Wednesday blamed mining by Braskem in the city of Maceio for damages to local real estate.
May 9, 2019 Albemarle touts new project to boost its Chilean lithium output by 30% The world's largest producer of lithium has teased the industry for more than a year that it has production-enhancing technology.
May 8, 2019 Albemarle’s lithium sales drop after Chilean rains The world's largest producer of lithium used to make electric vehicle batteries posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday.
May 8, 2019 Kinross mulls options to resume long-term operations in Chile The Canadian miner may soon make a decision about returning to long-term production in Chile.
May 8, 2019 Barrick Gold to sell $1.5B in assets, but open to acquisitions The goal is for the sale process to be well advanced by mid-2020.
May 7, 2019 Lithium prices from Chile decline even as demand soars Chile exported lithium carbonate at an average price of $12,183 per tonne, 0.9% down from the same period a year earlier.
May 7, 2019 Chile copper mine production slides in first quarter – Cochilco Cochilco said world top copper miner Codelco saw output drop 17 percent from the same period in 2018 to 371,000 tonnes.
May 7, 2019 Iron ore tugged between Brazilian supply shock, Trump’s trade war Brazil shipped 18.34 million tonnes of iron ore in April, down 17% from the prior month and a massive 29% from the same month a year earlier.
May 7, 2019 BHP hit by $5 billion lawsuit over 2015 dam failure in Brazil The group action suit describes in detail a series of failures and errors of judgment over several years leading to the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in 2015, owned…
May 7, 2019 Newmont Goldcorp to account for over 7% of global gold output this year The world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves, is expected to churn out 8.4 million ounces of the precious metal in 2019.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
