September 24, 2013

Ditched: More high-profile mines and projects – Steve Todoruk

Although write-offs tend to negatively affect stocks, the fact that new management teams are willing to cut their losses is a good sign.

September 24, 2013

Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon pollution ‘similar to smoking 20 cigarettes a day’: US lawsuit

Rio denies the claims.

September 23, 2013

Sprott’s Charles Oliver sees the shine returning to metals

Has the gold price hit bottom?

September 23, 2013

Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on Yukon mining to affect entire country

Practice of 'free entry' land-staking challenged nation-wide.

September 23, 2013

Anglo American under fire in Chile for environmental violations

Maybe we are seeing only the tip of the wave (iceberg) of past failures of past parsimonious decisions.

September 23, 2013

Friedland’s latest move: $24m in share placing to fund projects in Congo

The proceeds of the offering will push forward the Kamoa copper discovery and the Kipushi zinc-copper-lead-germanium-precious metals project

September 23, 2013

VIDEO: Red hot nickel ball vs. black snakes

Watch a fiery ball of nickel get dumped into a bowl of black snake fireworks.

September 23, 2013

One in ten Australian mining professionals unemployed

The figure is up from just 2% only 12 months ago.

September 22, 2013

Anglo American charged for breaching environmental laws in Chile

It risks fines that range from US$970,000 to $4.9 million, or even the revocation of its environmental permit.

September 22, 2013

Billions of dollars worth of Peru mining projects to resume soon

Conga and Tia Maria: a combined $5.8 billion.