September 25, 2015

Deep-value copper call option in Montana’s rolling hills

2015 will be remembered as a period when investors could buy world-class natural resource assets for pennies on the dollar.

September 24, 2015

Argentina’s presidential candidates want mining to be platform for country’s recovery

Argentina’s presidential election, the first to be decided in a second and final round since the constitution was changed in the 1990s, will be key for the country’s economy, particularly…

September 24, 2015

Sunridge is now good to go at its Asmara VMS Project in Eritrea

President and CEO Michael Hopley discusses the riches of his company's copper, gold, zinc and silver deposits and looks forward to becoming as successful as Nevsun has been.

September 23, 2015

The ever diminishing ambitions of BHP Billiton

This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.

September 23, 2015

Glencore’s Zambian unit plans to cut more than 3,800 jobs: government sources

Glencore's (GLEN.L) Zambian unit Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) has notified the government that it plans to lay off more than 3,800 workers due to lower metal prices and high production…

September 23, 2015

Ultra-class: How BHP drives haul-truck efficiency

Bigger blasts, crib huts and hot seating.

September 23, 2015

Argentina extends Barrick’s Veladero gold mine halt

Local judge had initially ordered a five-day suspension of the leaching process, but has decided to extend it “as a precautionary measure."

September 23, 2015

South Africa replaces mining minister on eve of massive job cuts

Given that ousted minister Ramatlhodi is considered the main person that helped end a five-month strike in the country’s platinum sector last year, Zuma's decision is being questioned.

September 23, 2015

BHP Billiton contributed $7.3 billion in payments worldwide, shows first related report

The mining giant acknowledged it used a Singapore marketing hub to minimize its tax expenses, but added it is paying its fair share worldwide.

September 22, 2015

Peak gold impact on prices as exploration continues to tank

Global gold production is potentially moving into a period of long term decline with mining companies no longer having new gold resources available to them to replace aging assets.