Iron ore breaks the $60 per tonne barrier, extending week’s rally to 9%
With this jump, the commodity's gains are close to 9% for the week and almost 40% so far this year.
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Peru losing its battle against illegal gold mining
A force of marines and rangers sent in the past days to raid the Tambopata reserve, in the country’s southern Amazon, has already been outnumbered.
Antofagasta lowers full-year copper output target, says surplus shows little sign of easing
The Chilean copper miner said full-year production would be at the lower end of the 710,000 to 740,000 tonnes it predicted in January.
Barrick in talks with South African miners to sell stake in Acacia — report
The potential sale of its its 64% interest in Acacia would be part of Barrick's broader strategy of selling non-core assets to reduce debt.
China gold imports fall in June on higher prices, inventories
Net gold imports dropped 38.5% to 70.886 tonnes in June, down from 115.29 tonnes in May, according to The Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department.
Caterpillar further cuts profit, sales forecast
CAT said commodity prices remain on the low end and had yet to translate into increased mining activity or higher demand for equipment.
Anglo reshuffles Kumba Iron Ore management ahead of sale
The company however is still debating whether to sell or spin off its majority stake in Kumba Iron Ore Ltd, Africa's top producer of the commodity.
Tesla to open its Gigafactory years ahead of schedule
The company now has 1,000 construction workers on two shifts, seven days a week to ready for the launch of its Model 3 early next year.
China snaps up $4.5bn worth of overseas mining assets in just six months
Most of them have been after existing operations and companies, rather than trying to build mines from scratch.
Petra Diamonds results beat expectations on strong sales, production
Output rose 16% to 3.7 million carats, which puts Petra on track to hit its long term annual target of 5 million carats in 2018, a year earlier than planned.
McEwen Copper seeks $4B to advance Los Azules
Global lenders, agencies and partners line up funding as Argentina re-emerges as a key copper investment destination.