2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (503+ words) Ghana’s mining regulator is developing minimum wage and tender benchmarks for contract mining firms, seeking to curb aggressive underbidding as the country pushes miners to outsource more operations to local contractors, a senior official said on Thursday. But Ghanaian mine…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (292+ words) Copper output at Chilean state miner Codelco, one of the world’s largest copper producers, fell 5% from a year earlier in July to 112,800 metric tons, data from state copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday. The latest Codelco copper production data extends…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (386+ words) French group Eramet (EPA: ERA) is restarting operations at the Weda Bay nickel mine in Indonesia after suspending output earlier this year when it used up a reduced mining quota. Indonesia, the world’s biggest nickel producer, cut mining volume permits…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (548+ words) Chris Vermeulen, CEO, founder and chief market strategist at The Technical Traders, remains wary of investing in precious metals despite a strong rally because he says longer-term chart patterns have yet to signal a sustained uptrend. “We have seen a…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (814+ words) Chile’s copper mines are using substantially more electricity for each tonne of metal they produce as declining ore grades increase the physical demands of mining, a trend that could intensify pressure on the country’s power system as the industry electrifies....

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (593+ words) Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) said on Thursday that BHP BHP.AX executive Ragnar Udd would become its next CEO in February, a move that adds a veteran mining executive to lead the world’s largest lithium producer as it works to recover…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (267+ words) Chile’s copper shipments sank to the lowest in more than a year in August despite surging prices, as the world’s biggest producer grappled with severe winter storms and mine setbacks. Copper exports were valued at $4.62 billion last month, down 14% from…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (332+ words) Chile should improve the performance of its existing copper smelters before building new ones, state copper commission Cochilco said on Monday, as global competition for copper concentrate intensifies. Chile has Latin America’s largest smelting capacity, but its plants are operating…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (525+ words) U.S. buyers are increasingly turning to copper from the Democratic Republic of Congo, helping drive record imports from the African producer as industrial consumers capitalise on discounts to COMEX-approved brands. Copper cathode deliveries from the world’s second-biggest copper-producing nation hit a…...