The drive to improve productivity and reduce downtime will lead to further investment by mining companies, large and small, in predictive maintenance for both plant...
Linklaters and Blake Cassels & Graydon were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the global mining sector for 2020 by value and...
Global platinum demand is set to fall by 7.2% in 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic driving significantly lower demand from the auto and jewellery sectors. Typically these two sectors would account for 34% and 24% of total demand, respectively, with...
Global nickel production is expected to decline by 7.4% to 2,195 thousand tonnes (kt) in 2020. Temporary suspensions of mines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
With the annual production of electric vehicles (EVs) set to grow from 3.4 million in 2020 to 12.7 million in 2024, and battery production growing from 95.3GWh to 410.5GWh over the same period, demand for lithium is expected to rise from a forecasted 47.3kt in...
Lockdowns across Chile, Peru and Mexico, including the closure of some of the world’s largest copper mines, were a key factor behind a 3.7% collective decline in copper output from...
The shutting and suspensions of mines due to COVID-19 restrictions, primarily during the second quarter (Q2), is expected to result in a 1.7% decline in...
Global mining deal value, suffering from an unanticipated shock from the COVID-19 pandemic, fell by over US$18bn when compared to the first half of 2019...
The global bauxite mine production is expected to be marginally affected by the temporary suspension of mines due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is forecast...
Global lead production is expected to decline by 5.2% to 4.5 million tonnes (Mt) in 2020. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in late December...
After a flat first quarter of 2020, the total value of mining deals - including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital raising and asset transactions -...
McCarthy Tetrault was the top legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in the global metals and mining sector by deal value and volume...
BMO Capital Markets was the top financial adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in the global metals and mining sector by deal value and...
Despite disruptions during Q1 2020, global coal production is expected to grow, albeit by a marginal 0.1% to 8.13 billion tonnes (Bnt) in 2020, says GlobalData,...
Global iron ore production is expected to decline by 1.2% in 2020 to 2,230.8 million tonnes (Mt) as the leading producers are affected by a...
The impact of COVID-19 on the mining industry has been strained by the struggling global automotive industry, which consumes approximately 17% of iron ore globally....
Since mid-March, the response of governments worldwide to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to severe disruption of mining activities across a large number of countries....
The share of global mining projects that progressed to their next stage of development has decreased from 3.8% in Q4 2019 to 2.8% in Q1...
Iron ore exports from India are expected to decline by around 25% to 23.3 Mt in 2020 due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and the subsequent closure...
China’s iron ore production is forecast to decline by 3% to 78.2 Mt in 2020 due to the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19). Between January and...
