April 3, 2016

Copper – It’s been a bad few years

Don’t get too excited about a deficit. Copper is ever a tight market, an 18-million-tonne giant that always seems to finish the year with only a few hundred thousand tonnes…

April 3, 2016

The uranium shakedown: How Mongolia and Russia conspired against western investors (Part 2 of 3)

In the second installment of the curious case of Khan Resources, we explore the company’s turbulent history in Mongolia and document a deal with Russia’s leadership to swap its uranium…

April 1, 2016

Mining’s Q1: The best it’s gonna get?

Iron ore rally looks robust, but uranium approaches ten year lows.

April 1, 2016

Canadian police warn of new scam targeting out-of-work miners

Red Maple Mining hoax has been popping up in a classified ad on the website Kijiji, Ontario officers say.

March 31, 2016

Slowing China tops global executive fears for the first time

March survey by McKinsey sees China trumping geopolitical instability, leadership change, terrorism, refugees and euro break-up as risks to global economy.

March 30, 2016

Thousands rally in Mongolia over foreign mining concessions

The more than 2,000 people who gathered in Ulaanbaatar's Freedom Square claimed foreign companies have exploited Mongolia's mineral wealth, which accounts for 94% of the nation's exports.

March 30, 2016

Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining

Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.

March 28, 2016

Ultra-bearish call on copper, oil prices

Barclays says commodity gains this year not supported by fundamentals– sector vulnerable to wave of investor liquidation that could knock prices down 20–25%.

March 27, 2016

China racking up copper inventories

China is stashing away copper from London warehouses at a breakneck pace, which may put downward pressure on the price.

March 25, 2016

China’s Zijin Mining profit in 2015 hit by gold, base metal prices slump

Net profit for 2015 dropped by almost 30% to $261 million (1.7 billion yuan) from the previous year's $353 million.