April 7, 2021 Sustainable investment group UNPRI reviews Liberty Mutual membership over Australian coal mine plan The US insurer is backing a coal project in Australia that has drawn fire from community groups worried about climate change and pollution.
April 7, 2021 Teck signs zinc benchmark deals at $159/t with Glencore, Korea Zinc Zinc miners have struggled to recover from disruptions caused by covid-19, causing extreme tightness in the concentrates market.
April 7, 2021 China is increasingly the outlier in building new coal-fired power: Russell China commissioned 38.4 GW of new coal plants last year, more than offsetting the retirements achieved in the rest of the world.
April 7, 2021 Perth Mint’s March gold sales surge to highest since 2012 Sales of gold coins and minted bars jumped to more than 130,000 ounces in March, up 4.8% month-on-month and 39% from a year earlier.
April 7, 2021 Glencore’s KCC mine in Congo had acid spill on March 16 Glencore declined to say how much acid was spilled from the tank, but said KCC immediately contained the spill and conducted follow-up monitoring of the environment.
April 7, 2021 Antofagasta sells copper concentrate at treatment charge of around $10 The very low rate sale - done via a tender last week - comes as disruption to mine supply globally puts pressure on TC/RCs.
April 7, 2021 Serbia Zijin Copper to invest $408m in mines, smelter The company, part of China's Zijin Mining, said it planned to boost output of copper concentrate by 38.91% to 74,010 tonnes this year.
April 7, 2021 Left-wing party wins Greenland election, opposes big mining project The Inuit Ataqatigiit party pledged its opposition to a large rare earth mining project, sending strong signals to international miners.
April 6, 2021 Greenpeace stages Pacific Ocean protest against deep-sea mining Last week BMW, Volvo Group, Samsung SDI and Google signed on to a World Wildlife Fund call for a moratorium on the practice.
April 6, 2021 Boliden sees 300m SEK hit from covid-19, production snags in Q1 The Swedish firm had previously forecast a negative effect of 200 million crowns
Indonesia may slash nickel output to steady prices The Indonesian government is proposing a 34% reduction in production from this year’s total to 250 million tonnes next year. December 17, 2025 | 08:20 am
