Focus on Minerals
Rio Tinto aims to keep Resolution’s copper in US, executive says
The Arizona mine would, if developed, over its life produce more than 40 billion pounds of copper and supply more than a quarter...
US set to reject access road to northern Alaska mining district
The U.S. Interior Department's recommendation to end the project in its current form could come in an environmental analysis due later this week
Coal miners getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
Health problems have grown in recent years as miners dig through more layers of rock to gain access to coal seams when deposits...
Global Commodities excludes Russian nickel from its new trading platform
LONDON (Reuters) – UK-based Global Commodities Holdings Ltd (GCHL) will not accept nickel produced in Russia on its new spot trading platform due...
Canada’s Barrick Gold reports lower gold, copper output for Q1
By Srivastava Vallari (Reuters) -Canadian miner Barrick Gold on Tuesday reported lower-than-expected preliminary gold production for the first quarter hurt by planned maintenance...
A silver mine revives neglected Bosnian town
VARES, Bosnia – After five years abroad, Anto Marcic has returned to his village near the town of Vares in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
China’s iron ore imports rise as inventories build: Russell
LAUNCESTON, Australia (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) Iron ore has emerged as the surprise in...
Native American group seeks to overturn US ruling on Rio’s Arizona copper mine
A Native American group has asked all members of a U.S. appeals court on Monday to overturn an earlier ruling that granted land...
Piedmont Lithium gets mining permit for North Carolina project
The proposed mine, which can produce 30,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide per year, could become one of North America's largest sources of...
London Metal Exchange releases notice on UK and US sanctions for Russian metals
The London Metal Exchange set out measures it is taking to comply with new U.S. and UK sanctions that prohibit exchanges from accepting...
