July 21, 2023 Glencore expects 2023 trading unit profits of up to $4 billion The group left its overall 2023 guidance for copper unchanged at 1.04 million metric tons, even as production fell by 10%.
July 21, 2023 Vedanta posts 41% slump in Q1 profit on soft metal prices Shares of the company closed 6.2% higher ahead of the results.
July 21, 2023 Australia blocks acquisition of lithium mine by China-linked firm Country issued a prohibition order stopping Austroid Corporation from acquiring an additional 90% of lithium miner Alita Resources.
July 21, 2023 Hydro says Russian metal threatens LME benchmark, Rusal hits back While there are no sanctions on Russian metal, consumers are ignoring aluminium produced by Rusal, which accounts for 6% of global supplies.
July 20, 2023 At international deep sea mining meeting, debate moves behind closed doors The ISA cut a livestream of its members negotiations and retreated behind closed doors in an attempt to resolve a dilemma the could determine the fate of the deep ocean.
July 20, 2023 Ecuador, SolGold seal deal to launch nearly $5bn mining project Construction of the Cascabel mine is seen starting in 2025, with operations kicking off in 2030.
July 20, 2023 Chile wants to boost local copper smelting capacity to rely less on Asian plants The proposal follows the decision of state-owned miner Codelco to close its Ventanas smelter for environmental reasons.
July 20, 2023 LME expects more fast-track listings after approval of new nickel brand The exchange has approved nickel produced by a subsidiary of China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt.
July 20, 2023 US imposes sanctions on Russian copper producer UMMC As of 2020, it was producing around 40% of Russian copper.
July 20, 2023 Barrick Gold targeted by Russian cybercriminal group Clop in global data theft that hit Sun Life, Vancouver transit police Clop’s modus operandi is to demand ransom in return for not publishing the data stolen, or to sell it to a third party.
Hedge funds cut bullish gold wagers to lowest in 15 weeks Hedge funds and other large speculators reduced net-long positions by 23%. February 06, 2026 | 03:33 pm