mining economics

A long-standing principle in the mining industry—“there is no bad mine, there is a bad price”—is gaining renewed relevance as commodity markets grow more volatile and capital allocation becomes increasingly cautious. The statement…

In a dramatic shift within the global metals industry, copper smelters are now offering to pay miners—a reversal of the traditional dynamic—as they scramble to secure dwindling supplies of copper concentrate, the essential raw material for…