Nornickel to boost production at Finnish nickel refinery
Nornickel plans to increase production at its nickel refinery in Finland due to the surging demand for battery raw materials in the European market.
Base Metals
How China is moving beyond Australia for its iron ore hunger
China has a seemingly endless hunger for iron ore but the country's relationship with one...
Iron giant Rio Tinto share price rises over 100% since COVID low this time last year
Rio Tinto’s share price is around the highest it has been since its inception, with the company reaching its all-time...
Altus wins exploration licences for copper and silver projects in Morocco
Altus Strategies has won a tender for three new copper and silver exploration projects in the western Anti-Atlas region of...
Australian Indigenous group to rate mining firms on ESG performance
Western Australian group Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corp (WGAC) has announced its plans to publish a scorecard rating Western Australia miners...
After declining ore grades and Covid-19 impacted silver output in 2020, production is forecast to rise by 8.1% in 2021, says GlobalData
Global silver mine production is estimated to have declined by 2.4% to 849.7 million ounces (moz) in 2020, the fourth consecutive annual decrease, partly owing to lockdowns and restrictions at…
Polish miner KGHM intends to divest two copper mines in US
Poland’s state-run mining company KGHM Polska Miedź (KGHM) is reportedly planning to divest its Robinson and Carlota copper mines in the US. Two sources told Reuters that the proceeds from…
China to cap annual coal output at 4.1 billion tonnes by 2025
As a China National Coal Association report revealed, the number of coal mines will be reduced to 4,000 by the end of 2025 from about 4,700 at the end of…
Galileo Resources to sell Star Zinc project in Zambia to Siege Mining
UK-based Galileo Resources has signed an agreement to divest the Star zinc project to local Zambian firm Siege Mining. As per the deal terms, Siege Mining will pay $200,000 for…
US Forest Service to withdraw environmental report for Resolution Copper project
The US Forest Service is set to withdraw an environmental report it had released earlier that paved way for a land swap for the Resolution Copper project located in Arizona.…
Mining capital expenditure to bounce back in 2021
After falling by an estimated 6% in 2020, the capital expenditure of 20 leading miners is expected to rise by 23% in 2021 to reach US$58bn. This will be the…
