February 2, 2023 Freeport Indonesia’s $3bn copper smelter to be completed by end of 2023 The facility in East Java will have a capacity of 1.7 million tonnes of copper concentrate.
February 2, 2023 Amplats says 2022 refined PGM output fell 25%, 2023 outlook unchanged The company said refined PGM production from its operations was 3.831,1 million ounces in 2022, down from 5.138,4 million ounces the previous year.
February 2, 2023 Anglo American quarterly copper output jumps more than 50% The group reported a 52% surge in quarterly copper output to 244,000 tonnes thanks to the ramp-up of Quellaveco.
February 2, 2023 Zimbabwe allows miners, exporters to keep more forex from exports Over the years, the country has struggled to attract significant foreign investment.
February 1, 2023 Billionaire eyes investment in Argentina energy or mining Australian billionaire James Packer explored investment options during a dinner late last year at a race track in Buenos Aires.
February 1, 2023 US detains Chinese aluminum suspected of forced-labor origin Aluminum, and items made from the metal, now join cotton, tomatoes and polysilicon, in coming under scrutiny over links to forced labor in Xinjiang.
February 1, 2023 Brazil’s miners want Europe to help fight Amazon gold havoc Brazil’s formal mining sector wants importing nations to require and enforce origin control.
February 1, 2023 Visualizing the scale of global fossil fuel production How much oil, coal, and natural gas do we extract each year? See the scale of annual fossil fuel production in perspective.
February 1, 2023 First Quantum to hold board meeting in Panama – source Panama's government and First Quantum are negotiating a contract for the operations of the Cobre Panama mine.
February 1, 2023 How a Soviet nuclear site could be key to Europe’s EV market A radioactive pond filled in and covered in grass in Sillamae, Estonia, is host to the only major processing plant outside Asia for rare earth metals used in the automotive…
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
