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Copper price rally builds on all-time high China imports
The rally in the price of copper gained momentum on Monday after trade data showed Chinese imports of refined metal rebounding and concentrate shipments setting a fresh all-time high. China consumes half the world’s copper, and trade data released on Sunday showed the...
Four dead after rock collapse at South African gold mine
Four mineworkers were killed and one was seriously injured after a rock fall at a South African gold mine on Friday trapped five workers underground, the company and a mining union said on Sunday. The collapse at the Village Main Reef’s Tau Lekoa gold mine in North...
Colombia’s artisanal gold miners now part of a traceable global supply chain
A group of international organizations, led by Switzerland’s Better Gold Initiative (BGI), has extended their responsible mining initiative to hundreds of artisanal gold miners from El Chocó, Colombia, which are now part of a fully traceable and accountable...
Canada looks into mining critical minerals for US market
Canada is studying how its mining sector can become a key provider of rare earths and other critical minerals and metals a greener world will need. Natural Resources Canada would hire a British firm to provide 10-year market forecasts for nearly two dozen vital...