December 7, 2017 Massive Oyu Tolgoi mine to more than double gold production in 2018 Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill is also predicting costs to fall about 2.8%.
December 7, 2017 Displaced by mining, Peru villagers spurn shiny new town The remote town of Nueva Fuerabamba was built to house around 1,600 people who gave up their village and farmland to make room for a massive, open-pit copper mine.
December 6, 2017 This is the breakthrough company of Mines & Money 2017 Forget gold, the crazy cobalt price or lithium frenzy; this junior mining company is upending the sapphire (yes sapphire) market.
December 6, 2017 Copper’s art of the deal The seeds of Tuesday's 4.6 percent copper slump -- the sharpest in almost three years -- were planted in a scarcely noted non-event earlier this month.
December 6, 2017 Vale expects to sell up to $1.5 bln in non-core assets through 2020 The Brazilian miner revealed these expectations in a presentation to investors in New York on Wednesday.
December 6, 2017 LME to deal clearing blow to new metals platform NFEx The London Metal Exchange unlikely to provide clearing services for proposed new trading platform NFEx, a significant obstacle to the new exchange.
December 6, 2017 Suncor Energy begins regulatory process to add significant low-carbon power with cogeneration at its Oil Sands operations To remain globally cost and carbon competitive, Suncor took first steps to replace coke-fired boilers with two cogeneration units at Oil Sands Base Plant.
December 6, 2017 This new model tracks copper use from cradle to grave…to reincarnation Research also charts rapid growth of China’s copper use.
December 6, 2017 Newmont raises output target for 2018, lowers expected costs The world’s No.2 gold miner is also planning to boost dividend by at least 50% next year, based on balance sheet improvements and the performance of its gold mines.
December 6, 2017 Tanzania-Zambia railway halts copper transportation after strike The line is an important route for copper exports from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s top copper producer.
US development-finance agency targets AI, minerals in expansion A key priority for the DFC’s expanded efforts will be critical minerals, especially in mid-stream processing projects. December 18, 2025 | 12:30 pm
