April 6, 2016 Ex-coal CEO sentenced to a year in prison over mine-safety conspiracy The sentencing comes six years and one day after a fatal explosion killed 29 at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine.
April 6, 2016 Vale cuts spending, management salaries The iron ore and nickel giant has reduced its forecast for capital spending in 2016 to $5.5bn from $6.2bn previously.
April 6, 2016 Canadians to develop space mining tool Deltion Innovations aims to design a drill that would prospect for water, ice and resources on the moon and beyond.
April 6, 2016 Osama Bin Laden was more than keen on gold Documents recently declassified by the CIA revealed he was an avid gold investor and even predicted the price spike of 2010-2011.
April 5, 2016 Copper miners’ game of chicken continues New study predicts lowering of cost curve, marginal mines staying open at all costs will see oversupply persist and fifth year of copper price declines.
April 5, 2016 Freeport’s stuck with oil and gas Copper giant's review of energy division results in axing of executives, but not much more.
April 5, 2016 Forget about ‘Los Bronces’; that mine is ours — Anglo to Codelco Codelco is facing mounting internal pressure to acquire Anglo's stake in Los Bronces mine, in which the Chilean miner already has a 29.5% interest.
April 5, 2016 De Beers blue diamond smashes auction records in Asia, fetches almost $32M This diamond was the target of an attempted multi-million pound robbery in November 2000, which was foiled by the Metropolitan Police.
April 5, 2016 Striking coal workers arrested after violent raid at Glencore’s South African mine Production at the Wonderfontein coal mine has been halted for three weeks after members of AMCU decided to down tools in March.
April 4, 2016 Vancouver junior off to the races on Red Lake drilling Latest high-grade intercepts for Pure Gold Mining at northwest Ontario property supports "geological re-interpretation".
AME calls on BC Premier to appeal court decision on Indigenous rights in mineral claims staking The BC court previously determined the province’s DRIPA incorporates the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. December 12, 2025 | 01:32 pm
