February 4, 2013 Encanto Potash takes 2013 gains to 27% after positive pre-feasibility Study calls for a $2.9bn mine producing 2.8m tonnes for 50 years.
February 4, 2013 Owners of Nunavut’s first and only diamond mine nowhere to be found Canadian junior miner Shear Diamonds executives and website seem to have vanished off the face of the earth.
February 4, 2013 Amplats hit hard by South Africa’s mining strikes, down to an annual loss The negative figures come comes after a 2011 profit of more than $1 billion, which highlights the grim financial situation Amplats currently faces.
February 4, 2013 Bolivian mining town erects giant Virgin statue that rivals Rio’s Christ The $1.2 million statue of the Virgin Mary is slightly shorter than New York's Statue of Liberty, but seven meters higher than Rio's famed image of Christ.
February 4, 2013 Guinea wants to bring one of the world’s richest iron ore deposits back to life Last October, Vale put the scope and schedule for its $1.26 billion Zogota iron-ore project in Simandou South under review.
February 4, 2013 BHP criticized for ‘inhumane’ conditions on site A registered nurse and former BHP contract worker filed a formal complaint for what he describes as "disgusting" working conditions at the company’s Marradong bauxite mine.
February 3, 2013 VIDEO: Finning’s CEO says miners are trying to pace the rate of development More 'dozers and wheel loaders
February 3, 2013 Bill Gross: Escaping the credit supernova Our current monetary system seems to require perpetual expansion to maintain its existence.
Copper price: Strains deepen as global smelting activity hits decade low Copper prices are under renewed pressure after satellite data showed 1.2 million tonnes of January smelter capacity outside China went idle. February 12, 2026 | 11:01 am