August 18, 2020 Charges of contravening lockdown provisions against Implats CEO dropped A case was laid against Mark Munroe in April for allegedly contravening lockdown rules by calling non-essential workers back to work.
August 18, 2020 GRAPHIC-Reprieve for molybdenum prices from China’s import surge Chinese demand and imports have revitalised prices, but a reversal is expected as local production ramps up after disruptions.
August 17, 2020 BHP falls short of expected profit, warns of slowing growth outside China Disruptions due to covid-19 overshadowed firm iron ore prices and signs of a rebound in demand from top consumer China.
August 17, 2020 Trump plans arctic drilling rights sale in likely 2020 clash The Trump administration authorized a sweeping plan to sell drilling rights and spur oil development in Alaska’s rugged Arctic refuge.
August 17, 2020 Russian oil spill cleanup to stretch into 2021 Nornickel has set aside $2.1-billion after Russia’s ecological watchdog asked it to pay for the damage caused by the spill of about 150 000 barrels of diesel from a storage…
August 17, 2020 Warren Buffett makes unexpected bet on gold Berkshire Hathaway recently invested in Barrick Gold, raising its stake in the gold miner to about $605 million.
August 17, 2020 Coal’s days may be over in the US President Trump has demonstrated that even a fervently pro-coal, anti-renewables administration can’t halt the decline of the former or the rise of the latter.
August 16, 2020 China’s CATL is developing new EV battery with no nickel, cobalt, exec says The new battery type will be different from existing NCA, NCM and LFP batteries and will have no expensive metals like nickel or cobalt.
August 16, 2020 Tianqi Lithium president leaves embattled Chinese firm Vivian Wu left the company as Tianqi looks for a way out of a perilous financial situation.
August 16, 2020 Four people die in accident near coal mine of Russia’s Severstal The workers were demolishing a building near a coal mine owned by Severstal.
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
