September 28, 2020

Trigon expands resources at Namibia copper project

Resources at the Kombat copper project in Namibia have increased by over 450%.

September 17, 2020

Southern Silver acquires Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico

The acquisition provides the miner with a 150% increase in attributable resources.

September 15, 2020

Central Asia Metals reports tailings leak at Macedonia

Miner has reported that tailings from its Sasa zinc-lead mine have leaked into a local river in northeastern Macedonia. Nobody has been harmed, company stated.

August 25, 2020

Trevali weighs Rosh Pinah expansion with strong prefeasibility returns

Results suggest potential for increased production at lower operating costs starting in 2023.

August 24, 2020

Bolivia’s largest mine suspends operations again due to pandemic

The San Cristóbal mine had previously suspended operations in March before resuming production in May.

August 21, 2020

Nigerian oil services firm Japaul seeks $70 million to switch to mining

Japaul has obtained licenses to mine gold, lead, nickel and copper.

August 20, 2020

Trilogy releases Arctic project feasibility study

The latest study suggests a 10,000-tonne-per-day, 12 year open-pit operation at the project in northwestern Alaska’s Ambler mining district.

August 20, 2020

Metal markets caught out by strength of Chinese stimulus

The ghost of 2009 is looming ever larger in the industrial metals sector.

August 13, 2020

China’s booming copper imports an echo of the last crisis

Every copper trader knows Beijing's stockpiling was a big part of the copper price rally from 2009 lows below $3,000/tonne to over $10,000 two years later.

August 7, 2020

Sumitomo predicts record loss as covid-19 hits nickel project

Japanese company forecasts a record net loss of 150 billion yen ($1.4 billion) for the year to March.