August 6, 2013

Kenya cancels mining licenses; gold royalties double

Companies caught by surprise.

August 5, 2013

Monday blues: Copper loses Friday momentum

Chinese data disappoints.

August 5, 2013

Financing for miners drops 56 percent in Q2 2013

Producers lost 65%, juniors 28%.

August 5, 2013

Desperate times: Out-of-work miner offers rum for job

Job mining losses in Australia taking their toll.

August 5, 2013

Straits Resources puts Indonesian gold mine for sale

Company focuses on copper assets.

August 5, 2013

Tough luck: Western Australian government to miners

West Australian Premier says no change in royalties.

August 4, 2013

Top ten write-downs of the summer

Biggest impairments all gold miners.

August 3, 2013

EPA under fire again for Pebble Mine assessment

Hearing with republican-dominated Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

August 3, 2013

Few can make money from nickel at today’s prices

Standard Bank says "it is hard to make a case for the nickel price to move well above the marginal cost producer, which we put currently around $17,000mt."

August 3, 2013

NGO warns upcoming mining law in Haiti will leave $20bn of mineral wealth in foreign hands

A new report by Haiti Grassroots Watch (HGW) shows one-third of the country’s north is already under exploration or exploitation by foreigners.