December 21, 2014 Birla said to plan $1bn aluminum exports Hindalco Industries Ltd., owned by Indian billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, is targeting a record $1 billion of aluminum exports by March 31 buoyed by rising U.S. and European demand, people…
December 20, 2014 Oyu Tolgoi 2015 production forecast cut Vancouver's Turquoise Hill lowers output estimates for Mongolian mine to 600,000oz–700,000oz of gold and 175,000t–195,000t of copper in concentrates.
December 19, 2014 Canada approves world’s largest copper-gold project $9.5bn KSM project in British Columbia boasts reserves of 38m ounces of gold and nearly 10bn pounds of copper – mining 130,000 tonnes a day for 52 years.
December 19, 2014 Codelco El Teniente mine expansion to take longer, cost $2bn more The touted expansion of the world's largest underground copper mine is two to three years behind schedule and will require $2 billion more than initially planned, said the company.
December 19, 2014 UK legislators call for an end to forced labour in Eritrea mines According to the legislators, international mining companies —mainly from Australia, Canada and the U.K— are using the forced labour of Eritreans in their operations.
December 19, 2014 Apple ‘deeply offended’ by BBC documentary on its suppliers exploiting children The investigative reporting piece exposed extremely poor working conditions in factories making Apple products in China and Indonesia.
December 18, 2014 Trevali surges on polymetallic mine restart Vancouver-based junior jumps 8.5% after hitting targets for re-start of 100%-owned Caribou zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold mine in New Brunswick, Canada.
December 18, 2014 Barrick to halt Lumwana mine in Zambia after tax hike The Canadian giant had earlier said it would consider such a move in the event the new tax regime was approbed.
December 18, 2014 Mining stocks rally across the board Huge advances in all sectors from potash and uranium to copper and gold led by a 10% surge in diversified Canadian heavyweight Teck Resources.
Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil New agreement expands fleet to approximately 90 autonomous trucks in the region by 2028. December 16, 2025 | 01:52 pm
