China gets tougher on illegal mining, exporting of rare earths
Beijing to set up tracing system to determine and certify the origin of the materials.
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Sibanye Gold shopping for new mines, possibly including base metals
The gold miner is expanding its portfolio to platinum, coal and uranium, as it also mulls an incursion in the base metals sector.
Anglo American may fully exit Brazil — report
The company is said to be wanting to offload its Barro Alto nickel mine and the vast Minas-Rio iron ore complex.
The silver fix may have its days numbered
The benchmark has settled outside the same day’s spot trading range, at least 10 times in the last six months.
Nothing tiny about this new Lego bucket wheel excavator
It is made out of almost 4,000 pieces and includes fully-motorized features.
Endeavour Silver to slash 2016 output by over 25%
The cut-back should help the miner lower all-in sustaining costs of production and generate free cash flow.
Chinese miners rescued after 36 days trapped underground
Rescuers drilled two big holes into the tunnel to save the trapped miners, who were brought to the ground in a capsule.
World’s biggest iron ore port shut as cyclone to hit Australia
BHP Billiton began evacuating workers from its Port Hedland export facilities early Friday.
International court orders bankrupt MMX to pay $7 million to Outotec
Ruling puts and end to dispute dating back to 2013.
Anglo American shares rally on iron ore output hike, cost-cutting measures
The besieged miner plans to lower costs at its iron ore mines after boosting total annual output for the steelmaking ingredient.
US estimates federal coal could power nation for 600 years
USGS survey points to 356 billion short tons remain beneath public lands, reinforcing Trump's coal agenda.