April 29, 2019

North American Palladium expands Sunday Lake with best drill results

Recent drill results include 3.22 g/t platinum, 2.08 g/t palladium, 0.23 g/t gold, 0.57% copper and 0.19% nickel over 41.2 m.

April 29, 2019

UK regulator drops big companies from responsible-payment list

Five firms, including BHP, were removed from the Prompt Payment Code, an initiative to speed up settlement of invoices owed to suppliers.

April 29, 2019

Chalco returns to profit in first quarter on asset disposals

The company's profits rose 46% year-on-year in the first quarter as aluminium prices stabilised and asset disposals swelled its bottom line.

April 29, 2019

Jiangxi Copper Q1 profits dip 3.1% year-on-year on lower prices

The company plans to raise production of copper cathodes by 1.4% this year to 1.44 million tonnes.

April 29, 2019

South Africa’s firebrand mine unionist is headed for a showdown

Union leader Joseph Mathunjwa has never hesitated to go head-to-head with powerful CEOs in South Africa's mining industry, but now he may have to face down the government.

April 28, 2019

Still a way to go to achieve gender balance in the mining industry

According to the Responsible Mining Foundation, most of the companies assessed show little or no evidence of efforts to strengthen the gender balance of their leadership and governance teams.

April 28, 2019

Argentina expects $29B in mining investments in 2019

Mining has become the sixth most important sector when it comes to exports.

April 26, 2019

India’s 2019 elections bode well for mining sector — report

The results of the election will be released May 23.

April 26, 2019

Guinea boosts power output to foster bauxite refining

Guinea expects to boost its energy production capacity by nearly four-fold over the next six years as it pushes stage.mining.companies to refine their bauxite output locally.

April 26, 2019

Sibanye agrees to raise offer for Lonmin on metal price gain

The increase should help bolster support from Lonmin investors, who still need to vote on the takeover.