• Rio Tinto ready to sell Grasberg stake for $3.5 billion May 23, 2018

  London-based global miner Rio Tinto confirmed on May 23 that it was in discussions to unwind its entire 40% interest in the Grasberg copper and gold mine in Indonesia for $3.5 billion.

• Six dead at Newmont's Ghana gold mine tunnel collapse Apr 10, 2018

  Six died and two were injured at a tunnel collapse at the US gold miner Newmont's Ahafo Mill expansion project in Ghana, West Africa, on April 7, according to a company notice.

• Newcrest's Cadia mine to recommence mining on March 27 Mar 27, 2018

  Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining will restart mining operations at Cadia East in New South Wales on March 27 after a 17-day halt following the tailing dam failure on March 9, the company disclosed.

• Rio Tinto aims 2018's Oyu Tolgoi Cu output at 155,000 t Mar 20, 2018

  The Oyu Tolgoi mine in South Mongolia, which is majority held by Rio Tinto via Turquoise Hill, targets to produce 125,000-155,000 tonnes of copper and 240,000-280,000 ounces of gold, both in concentrates, in 2018, according to Turquoise Hill's fourth quarter report released on March 15.

• China's Zijin keen to invest in RTB Bor in Serbia Mar 15, 2018

  Zijin Mining Group, China's top nonferrous metals producer and refiner, expressed interest in investing in Rudarsko-topioni？arski Basen Bor (RTB Bor), a copper mining and smelting company, during a meeting which a visiting Zijin delegation had with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucin recently, according to a post on the Serbian Foreign Affairs Ministry website on March 13.

• ANTAM aims at higher production, sales in 2018 Mar 13, 2018

  Indonesian miner PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk, is raising its annual production and sales targets for its main commodities, including ferronickel, gold, nickel ore and bauxite ore, for 2018, to improve its operational performance and maintain competitive cash cost, according to a recent company release on March 7.

• Newcrest halts operations at Cadia mine on dam break Mar 13, 2018

  Newcrest Mining Ltd halted operations at its Cadia mine in New South Wales following a "breakthrough of tailings material at its northern tailings dam embankment", the miner announced on March 10. The breach occurred on last Friday, it noted.

• China Gold: BRI opens opportunities to gold producers Mar 09, 2018

  China's gold producers should be joining the other Chinese companies in actively exploring overseas investment opportunities in the countries under the "Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)", Song Xin, chairman of the China National Gold Group was reported saying in a group discussion when attending National People's Congress (NPC) meeting in Beijing.

• Vale reduces footprints in nonferrous metals in 2017 Feb 22, 2018

  Vale implemented its business strategy for a "smaller footprint" in both nickel and copper in 2017 by reducing the output in these two metals, according to its latest quarterly report released on February 16.

• China stays world's top gold producer, consumer in 2017 Feb 05, 2018

  Both China's consumption and production of gold continued to top the world in 2017, according to the latest statistics from the China Gold Association (CGA) on February 1.

• Gold price to stay strong on solid demand in 2018 Jan 19, 2018

  Global gold price may climb up further in 2018 thanks to the expected increase in demand both for investment as well as for consumer products such as jewelry, market sources shared recently.

• China's Hongyue commences 150,000 t/y copper refinery Dec 07, 2017

  Huludao Hongyue North Copper Co in Northeast China's Liaoning province, has just commissioned its 150,000 tonnes/year electrolytic copper refinery, an official from MCC Huludao Nonferrous Metals Group, Hongyue's sister company confirmed on December 7.