June 13, 2013

Trade commission approves Capstone Mining acquisition of Pinto Valley

The deal is estimated to be wrapped up by Q3 of this year.

June 12, 2013

Copper soars after Freeport McMoRan declares force majeure on Grasberg mine

Measure seeks to avoid liability on existing orders after production was suspended due to an accident.

June 11, 2013

McEwen Mining plunges after dialling back ambitions

Stock drops 7% after lowering its 3-year gold equivalent target by more than 20% or 85,000 ounces.

June 11, 2013

Some like it hot: The outlook for industrial metals

Analyst Lisa Morrison discusses the price outlook for 26 commodities over the next four years and gives them a temperature rating from hot to freezing.

June 11, 2013

Grim BRICs news pushes copper to 5-week lows

Copper price slumps 1.8% as Brazil, Russia, India and China growth slows to 2009 levels.

June 11, 2013

Platinum: ETF demand points to a price increase

Current developments suggest the price may be set to improve significantly in the coming months.

June 11, 2013

Asteroid mining firm hires former White House officer

Peter Marquez, former director of space policy under US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is Planetary Resources’s new vice president for global engagement.

June 11, 2013

Rio Tinto to start copper exports from Oyu Tolgoi this week

Company is said to have invited reporters to attend a ceremony at the mine this Friday to celebrate its first shipment.

June 11, 2013

Queensland miner switching to 100% local workforce

At the start of 2013, the company was flying in and out 70 workers from other areas of Australia.

June 10, 2013

Judgment in tailings management

On the simple pleasures and coming to a deeply-informed judgment in civil engineering.