Gas leak kills 17 as officials suggest illegal mining link

The death toll from a leak of poisonous gas in a South African shantytown rose to 17 on Thursday, as officials suggested the accident was probably linked to illegal mining. Gauteng Province Premier... 

Ferrexpo's second-quarter output jumps

Ukraine-focused miner Ferrexpo posted an 18% jump in second-quarter production from the previous quarter, buoyed by stable production from first pelletiser line and initial contribution from second... 

Freeport Indonesia awaits export permit as copper concentrate piles up

Copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia, a unit of Freeport-McMoran, said on Thursday it has not yet obtained a government permit to continue exporting its materials, risking overcapacity at its storage... 

China's Huayou commissions $300m Zimbabwe lithium plant

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt on Wednesday commissioned a lithium concentrator in Zimbabwe as it seeks to consolidate its position as one of the world's top battery materials producers. Huayou acquired... 

Ternium restarts Mexico mine operations after hiatus when activists disappeared

Steelmaker Ternium said on Wednesday it had resumed operations at an iron-ore mine in Mexico after a more than five-month hiatus sparked by clashes between the firm and local community over the... 

Zambia says deal with India's Vedanta over disputed copper assets imminent

Zambia is close to resolving a dispute with Vedanta Resources over its Konkola Copper Mines, with a deal over the future of the partly state-owned unit "imminent", its mines minister said. KCM has... 

Congo to benefit as China curbs germanium exports, State miner says

China's curbs on exports of germanium products will lift prices of the semiconductor material, Congolese state miner Gecamines said on Wednesday, creating more value for Democratic Republic of... 

China adviser warns chipmaking export curbs are 'just a start', ahead of Yellen's visit

China's export controls on metals used in making semiconductors are "just a start", an influential Chinese trade policy adviser said on Wednesday, as it ramps up a tech fight with the US days... 

China's metal export curbs a 'warning' to US and its allies - Global Times

China's move to restrict the exports of two metals crucial for making some types of semiconductors and electric vehicles is a warning that China will not be passively squeezed out of the global... 

China Investment sells some shares in Teck Resources

China investment corporation (CIC) said on Tuesday its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fullbloom Investment Corporation, sold some of its shares in Teck Resources. The company sold 3 000 Class B... 

Nyrstar considers potential germanium and gallium projects

Nyrstar is looking at potential germanium and gallium projects in Australia, Europe and the United States, the Netherlands-based company told Reuters on Wednesday. China has announced export... 

Gloomy demand outlook weighs on copper prices

Copper prices retreated on Tuesday as weak manufacturing data indicated poor demand prospects, including from top consumer China,though falling inventories suggested a tighter market. Benchmark... 

Boliden partially restarts Ronnskar production after fire, to lay off 190 people

Boliden has partially resumed production at its Ronnskar smelter after output was halted following a fire at the facility in mid-June, the Swedish miner said on Friday. Due to the fire, it has... 

Zambia's Mopani Copper Mines losses deepen amid search for new investor

Zambia's Mopani Copper Mines posted a deeper financial loss last year and lower output, state owner ZCCM Investment Holdings said. Its financial losses widened to $298-million from $74.2-million in... 

Bolivia taps China, Russia's Rosatom in bid to unlock huge lithium riches

Bolivia has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China's Citic Guoan Group, the South American country's government said on Thursday, as it looks to develop its... 

Electrical accident at Chile's El Teniente copper mine leaves one dead

An electrical accident at Codelco's El Teniente mine in central Chile, the company's largest copper mine, left one dead, the state-owned mining giant said in a statement on Thursday. Codelco said... 

Fixing deep-sea mining damage would be double the cost of extraction -study

Extracting minerals from the ocean floor could cause biodiversity loss up to 25 times greater than land-based mining, and fixing the damage would cost twice as much as extraction, a new report said... 

Bluebell Capital Partners asks Glencore board to replace CEO

Activist investor Bluebell Capital Partners issued a letter to the Glencore board on Wednesday asking them to remove CEO Gary Nagle and commence the search for a new external CEO. Bluebell, which... 

Indian SoE to sign lithium pact with Argentina -source

India's KABIL, a State-owned joint venture formed to scout for minerals overseas, will "shortly" sign an agreement with Argentina to secure a few lithium blocks, a government source with direct... 

Gold Fields sees growth from new mines as it pivots to Americas

Gold Fields said it would pursue growth by building new mines and searching for new gold deposits after a bid to rapidly expand through a $6.7-billion acquisition of Yamana Gold was foiled by... 

Polymetal says re-domiciling will not happen until July 31 at earliest

Gold and silver producer Polymetal International on Thursday said it would not complete its re-domiciling from Jersey to Kazakhstan on schedule and that the move will not now occur before July 31... 

Imerys aims to be Europe's top lithium producer with UK project

French minerals group Imerys expects a lithium mining project in partnership with British Lithium to cost "hundreds of millions" of euros in investment, CEO Alessandro Dazza told reporters on... 

Chile lithium plan well received by investors, finance boss says

Investors have responded positively to Chile’s new public-private participation model for lithium during Finance Minister Mario Marcel’s trip to New York this week. “The kind of response that we... 

Miners tap waste for critical minerals

Extracting copper, nickel, cobalt and other minerals from mine waste could provide a key new source of the minerals needed for the energy transition while at the same time cleaning up old mine... 

NASA sees moon lunar mining trial within the next decade

NASA is looking to develop resources on the moon that initially include oxygen and water, and eventually may expand to iron and rare earths, and has already taken steps toward excavating moon soil... 

Canadian wildfire emissions hit record high as smoke reaches Europe

Wildfires burning through large swathes of eastern and western Canada have released a record 160-million tonnes of carbon, the EU's Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service said on Tuesday. This... 

Antamina mine to get life extension approval by year's end, says CEO

Peru's Antamina mine should receive government approval to extend its life extension through 2036 by the end of the year, the mine's CEO said on Tuesday at an event. Antamina is Peru's largest... 

Codelco still evaluating operations hit by rain stoppages

Chilean State-run miner Codelco, the largest copper producer in the world, is still evaluating the hit to operations from weather-related stoppages in the country's central-south region, the... 

Namibia had no power to cancel Chinese miner's licence, court rules

Namibia's mines minister did not have the power to cancel a Chinese lithium miner's licence and should have approached the courts to revoke it, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Lithium miner Xinfeng took... 

Zambia's KCM shuts Nchanga smelter for repairs after leak

Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has shut down its Nchanga smelter for 21 days for repair work after a molten metal leakage from one of the furnaces, the company said on Tuesday. There was no... 

US puts sanctions on gold firms it suspects fund Russia's Wagner mercenaries

The US on Tuesday imposed sanctions on companies in the United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic and Russia, accusing them of illicit gold dealings to fund Russia's Wagner Group mercenary... 

Indian miner NMDC plans $61m investment in first gold block - source

State-owned Indian iron-ore miner NMDC is likely to invest around five-billion rupees ($61-million) in its planned first foray into gold mining, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on... 

Alaska district of US Army Corps seeks more time to comment on Pebble mine

Canada's Northern Dynasty Minerals said on Monday the Alaska district of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has extended a deadline to comment on future plans regarding the Pebble copper mine... 

Fire at lithium producer Livent's North Carolina plant subsides

Lithium producer Livent said on Monday a fire at its largest manufacturing plant in Bessemer City, North Carolina has subsided. The fire had broken out in a building where solid lithium metal... 

Zambia State firm says Zijin, Sibanye interested in copper mine

Zambia's State-owned ZCCM Investment Holdings confirmed on Monday that China's Zijin Mining and Sibanye-Stillwater are among investors shortlisted to buy Mopani Copper Mines. The list includes... 

Premier's shares slide on Zimbabwe force majeure

Shares in Premier African Minerals plunged 40% on Monday after the company declared force majeure at its Zimbabwe lithium mine, citing a defect at its processing plant. A Premier statement said the... 

Lithium producer Livent reports fire in North Carolina plant

Lithium producer Livent said on Monday that a fire broke out at its largest manufacturing plant in Bessemer City, North Carolina. The company said the fire was currently restricted to one... 

Renewables growth did not dent fossil fuel dominance in 2022, report says

Global energy demand rose 1% last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82% of supply, the industry's Statistical Review of... 

Nerves on edge as exchanges, funds await ruling in LME nickel case

Exchanges are in an uncomfortable wait for the outcome of a lawsuit by two financial firms against the London Metal Exchange (LME) for voiding nickel contracts, worried about possible curbs on... 

LME failed to probe Tsingshan before nickel chaos, London court hears

The London Metal Exchange failed to investigate a large nickel position held by China's Tsingshan that sparked a chaotic surge in prices and billions of dollars of cancelled trades, lawyers told a...