High levels of investment are being made in areas such as mine planning and management software, mine communication, and predictive maintenance, with increasing levels of...
Global platinum production is expected to recover by 21.9% in 2021 after a steep decline in 2020, says GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company...
If the 2021 production guidance are met, the collective production of the top ten global gold producers* is expected to recover by around 13.5% in...
Global nickel mine production is expected to grow by 6.8% to reach 2,427.4 thousand tonnes (kt) in 2021, after registering an estimated 4.2% decline to...
Zinc mines are recovering from the impacts of COVID-19, according to GlobalData, with production expected to recover by 5.2% in 2021 to reach 12.8 million...
Global rough diamond production is expected to recover by 1.4% to reach 112.99 million carats (Mct) in 2021, after registering an estimated 19.4% decline to...
After rising by an estimated 1.2% in 2020 to 359.2Mt, global bauxite production is forecast by GlobalData to increase by 3.8% in 2021 to reach...
Global lead production is forecast by GlobaData to recover by 4.6% and reach 4,690.3 thousand tonnes (kt) in 2021 thanks to increased output from mines...
India’s coal production is expected to grow from 777Mt in 2020 to 827.8Mt in 2021, a 6.4% increase. This follows growth of 3.1% in 2020,...
Global uranium production is expected to recover by 3.1% to reach 51.2kt in 2021, thanks to the return of production at Cigar Lake in Canada...
Production from the world’s top ten copper mining companies decreased in 2020, albeit by a marginal 0.2% to 11.76 million tonnes (Mt). The initial impact...
Global iron ore production fell by 3% to 2.2bnt in 2020. Global production is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...
Noerr and Stikeman Elliott were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial/legal advisers in metals & mining sector for Q1 2021 by value and volume,...
TD Securities was the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial adviser in the metals & mining sector for Q1 2021 by volume, while Goldman Sachs...
Production from the world’s eight largest gold producers (Newmont, Barrick, AngloGold, Polyus, Kinross, Gold Fields, Newcrest and Agnico-Eagle) decreased by 6.5% to 25 million ounces...
In 2021, Chile’s copper output is expected to grow by 3.7% to 5,957.1kt. This figure is expected to reach 6,702.8kt in 2024 – posting a...
Coal production from the top ten mining companies (Coal India, China Shenhua, Yanzhou Coal, Peabody, China National Coal, Glencore, Siberian Coal, PT Bumi, BHP and...
Global coal output is estimated to have declined by 2% in 2020 due to COVID-19-related lockdowns and restrictions, with significant reductions observed in the US...
In 2020, Peru witnessed the highest fall in copper production in its history, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an estimated decline of 13%...
Global silver mine production is estimated to have declined by 2.4% to 849.7 million ounces (moz) in 2020, the fourth consecutive annual decrease, partly owing...
After two consecutive years of flat growth, mainly due to lower ore grades and the production disruptions, the impact of COVID-19 on mining operations led to global copper production declining by 2.6% to 20.1Mt in 2020. Looking ahead, global copper production is expected to experience growth of 5.6% to 21.3kt in 2021, supported by mines...
After declining in 2019, global gold production was adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, while suspension of expansion works and contractions from mines...
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...
