February 5, 2021 BHP, Vale’s disaster relief fund to increase spending by 25% in 2021 The Renova Foundation will spend $1 billion this year.
February 5, 2021 US likely to reverse Gertler’s sanctions reprieve The US sanctioned Gertler and his companies in 2017 for allegedly corrupt mining and oil deals in the DRC.
February 5, 2021 Silver’s Reddit surge Whether the WSB redditors were responsible or not, this extreme silver-market episode sure highlights the massive latent interest in silver.
February 5, 2021 Want to see a real short squeeze? Come to the tin market Stocks are nearly depleted, the contract is experiencing unprecedented degrees of technical tightness and the tin price is punching out seven-year highs.
February 5, 2021 Australia’s Northern Territory bans seabed mining The state cited the potential impact on the environment, sacred Indigenous sites and marine industries.
February 5, 2021 Trudeau eyes ‘leaps forward’ in integration with US on EVs, critical minerals Trudeau said it was important to have “a secure supply from a friend and an ally”, noting Canada has many of the rare earths minerals needed for car batteries and…
February 5, 2021 Nickel price: Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal The world’s biggest nickel producer has not officially banned deep sea tailings but by not issuing new permits could delay planned projects.
February 5, 2021 Tsingshan to finance bulk of $2.8bn Indonesia copper smelter with Freeport The smelter could produce copper pipes and wires with an output value of $10 billion.
February 5, 2021 Zambia is done for now with taking over mining companies Zambia last century had a painful experience with mine nationalization.
February 5, 2021 Northam said to consider bidding for Bokoni platinum mine The interest in Bokoni may suggest that higher metals prices are rekindling investors’ interest in reviving some of the mines in South Africa.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
