August 7, 2014 Rio Tinto’s cuts are the deepest Profits double after CEO Sam Walsh trims $3.2 billion of fat six months ahead of target and announces another $1 billion in cuts by end-2015.
August 7, 2014 Newmont still keen on Barrick merger Newmont CEO Gary Goldberg says interested in restarting merger talks that collapsed in April.
August 6, 2014 First Nations, environmentalists worry about salmon run after Mount Polley "It could alter their senses."
August 6, 2014 BHP vows to fight planned Aussie port strike More than half country's iron ore shipped via export hub.
August 6, 2014 Man-made mercury levels in oceans triple Study found mercury accumulation in the surface layers of the seas is happening faster than in the deep ocean as a result of gold mining, coal-fired power plants and sewage,…
August 6, 2014 Chile’s court rules in favour of KGHM’s Sierra Gorda storage facility This is the third project in the past four moths to be given the go-ahead after an initial unfavourable ruling.
August 6, 2014 Zinc becoming investors new darling Prices for the metal have jumped almost 17% since early May, hitting $2,410 a tonne late July.
August 6, 2014 Orica to split mining and chemicals divisions Firm aims to become a pure mining services provider.
August 6, 2014 English schoolboys dig up rare 4,300-year-old gold hair ornament Only ten finds like this have ever been made in the UK.
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
