April 27, 2021

South32 posts jump in quarterly metallurgical coal output

Company posted a 34% jump in third-quarter metallurgical coal output.

April 27, 2021

St Barbara approves pre-investment work on Papua New Guinea project

Pre-investment work would will allow company to ramp up mining and drilling activities at its Simberi sulphide project.

April 27, 2021

Boliden wary of pandemic risks after Q1 profit jumps

Operating profit rose to $332 million from $170 million a year earlier.

April 27, 2021

New capacity needed to meet rapid copper demand growth

"For 2030/2031 we are looking at a supply gap of 4.5 million tonnes of greenfield project capacity, " said Wood Mackenzie.

April 27, 2021

Copper price surges toward $10,000 as bulls bet on global rebound

Bulls are swarming in to profit as stimulus measures, vaccine rollouts and climate pledges fuel a global recovery from the pandemic.

April 27, 2021

Glencore agrees to take over Weser-Metall lead plant

The acquisition is being done through Nordenham Metall GmbH, which will take over all personnel.

April 26, 2021

Investors love copper but not the price of building a new mine

As copper bulls pushed prices to decade highs, the end of a six-month corporate spat showed that some investors were still reluctant to back a long-term bet on the metal.

April 26, 2021

BHP likely to approve long-delayed Jansen potash project

Scotiabank analyst says there’s a 90% chance that BHP finally greenlights the first phase of its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan.

April 26, 2021

Lawmakers in biggest copper nation ratchet up tax proposal

The worst-case scenario for Chilean copper producers in a debate over a new royalty system just got bleaker.

April 26, 2021

Australian state commission approves extension of Glencore’s Mangoola coal mine

The decision comes ahead of a byelection for the Upper Hunter seat in the NSW state parliament, in which the future of coal mining in the region is likely to…