August 13, 2020 China’s booming copper imports an echo of the last crisis Every copper trader knows Beijing's stockpiling was a big part of the copper price rally from 2009 lows below $3,000/tonne to over $10,000 two years later.
August 12, 2020 Keeping an eye out for grinding mill dropped charge and two ways to prevent it Dropped charges experienced in large ball mills can be heard and felt hundreds of meters away.
August 12, 2020 Huayou temporarily suspends cobalt purchases from two Congo mines Under pressure from human rights groups, China's biggest cobalt refiner has decided to temporarily stop sourcing from artisanal mines.
August 12, 2020 S.Africa’s minister drops challenge to court ruling on black ownership threshold Mines minister has withdrawn an appeal of a court ruling that held that mining companies did not have to maintain at least 26% black ownership in perpetuity.
August 12, 2020 Codelco sees quick progress in ramping up Chuquicamata Codelco said last week it was rebooting operations and projects it had temporarily shelved, beginning with the sprawling underground copper mine.
August 12, 2020 Harmony Gold sees margin doubling as gold price surges Harmony’s gold production was 15% lower in the financial year.
August 11, 2020 The world’s changing nuclear reactor landscape Using data from the Power Reactor Information System, Visual Capitalist maps out where nuclear reactors are subsiding and where future capacity will reside.
August 11, 2020 PNG to lift lockdown despite surge in covid-19 cases Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is pressing ahead with plans to lift lockdown measures in the Pacific nation this week.
August 11, 2020 Peru unrest flares as pandemic second wave hits Angry residents in Peru's Andean and Amazon regions have attacked three mining and oil sector firms in the last week.
August 11, 2020 China’s steel body expects iron ore port congestion to ease by end of August The China Iron and Steel Association said that discharging difficulties are likely to ease as the weather improves and the coronavirus is under control.
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
