April 20, 2015 It’s official: Zambia scales back mining royalties to 9% The announced changes will be effective on July 1, once parliament has approved them.
April 20, 2015 Irish Kenmare sends S. African miners in Mozambique home over xenophobia The decision follows a similar move by Sasol, which repatriated Friday 340 of its employees working on projects in the Southeast Africa nation for their own safety.
April 19, 2015 Hudbay picks up fourth Manitoba mine Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSX:HBM) has purchased the idled Snow Lake project in Manitoba, adding to its stable of properties in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
April 17, 2015 Denham Capital’s Caroline Donally on private equity in mining Director of $1bn fund discusses Denham's unique approach, the vibrant parts of the M&A market and what juniors should do to attract capital.
April 17, 2015 BHP, Rio face hard choices as ore woes set in Once the darlings of the local market, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto now face a rocky road as investors accept the reality that lower iron ore prices will last for…
April 16, 2015 Codelco to unveil plan to speed up delayed Chuquicamata mine expansion The plan seeks to tackle an almost yearlong delay in the project to turn century-old Chuquicamata open pit mine into an underground operation.
April 16, 2015 Southern Copper’s $1.2bn Toquepala mine expansion OK’d The expansion will boost the capacity of the Peruvian mine's copper concentrator to 120,000 tonnes per day from 60,000.
April 16, 2015 Thousands stand up for Canadian mine threatened with closure in Greece About 4,000 people protested Thursday in Athens against the government decision to revoke Canada's Eldorado Gold Corp.'s licence to develop a gold mine in Skouries.
April 15, 2015 Codelco spending $25 billion just to keep output steady $5 billion a year for five years will merely replace exhausted mine capacity says CEO of world's largest copper company.
April 15, 2015 Study: New projects need a $3.50 copper price Copper price hasn't traded at those levels for two years.
Indonesia may slash nickel output to steady prices The Indonesian government is proposing a 34% reduction in production from this year’s total to 250 million tonnes next year. December 17, 2025 | 08:20 am