January 18, 2019 Government shutdown a double-whammy for American nail maker The government shutdown is adding to the woes of U.S. companies already paying tariffs for their steel and aluminum.
January 18, 2019 Brazilian general with mining ties to solve industry-indigenous disputes General Franklimberg Ribeiro de Freitas’s return to the country’s Indigenous Rights Agency (Funai) is seen by many as positive, as the agency has lost funding and authority on land issues.
January 18, 2019 China’s slowdown is miners’ single biggest fear this year — report Based on answers from 51 senior executives, lawyers White & Case say that trade tensions are the second largest challenge for the mining industry in 2019 and reveal what the…
January 17, 2019 Trevali announces executive overhaul By Thusday afternoon, Trevali's stock had dropped 10%.
January 17, 2019 Chile’s Cochilco keeps 2019 copper forecast at $3.05/lb amid trade war, Brexit The reduction in global expectations for the price in 2019, coupled with the trade war, will keep investors away, maintaining a downwards trend in the price for the short term.
January 17, 2019 Cornish secures further funding to build lithium mine in UK The funds will enable the company to expand activities in south-west England and to drill exploratory boreholes to extract samples of lithium-bearing brines.
January 16, 2019 Mining the Americas in 2019 — a forecast Canada's cobalt sector and Ecuador's budding mining sector for copper and gold will be investment hot spots.
January 16, 2019 MineHub and IBM to introduce global mining and metals supply chain solution with blockchain The first use case will manage concentrate from Goldcorp’s Penasquito mine in Mexico.
January 16, 2019 Mexico mining-union head turned Senator reviewing contracts Newly installed Senator is ready to take on firms that he says don’t pay enough taxes, pollute the environment and enjoy concessions he deems are too long.
January 16, 2019 Chile nuclear watchdog weighs probe into fraud over lithium exports – documents The internal review found “significant errors” in CCHEN’s accounting of the sales of the world’s top lithium producers Albemarle and SQM between 1984 - 2015.
Copper at heart of probable Rio bid for Glencore: RBC A premium of 15% to 30% to Glencore’s early January share price could get the deal done, RBC analyst said. January 18, 2026 | 06:47 am