May 22, 2013 Chile is the world’s 3rd largest copper mining investment destination Only behind behind Canada and Australia.
May 22, 2013 Aluminum chief first senior executive to leave Glencore Xstrata The unconfirmed news came as a surprise for analysts as Fegel was reconfirmed in the post only weeks ago.
May 22, 2013 Copper peaks to six-week high on supply concerns due to Grasberg suspension It reached $7,525, its highest level since April 12.
May 22, 2013 Fiji moves toward deep sea mining tests Tests are expected in the next two or three years.
May 21, 2013 Commodity supercycle is essentially over: Citigroup Group expects 2013 to be year in which “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted sunset.”
May 20, 2013 A primer on reading drill result press releases Geologist Brent Cook suggests investors will have an easier time distinguishing good drill results from bad if they know how to dissect a company's press releases.
May 20, 2013 United Nations publishes first plan for deep sea mining Companies could apply for mining licences as soon as 2016 to extract gold, copper and more.
May 19, 2013 Keep the change, say Germans alarmed by European plan to scrap copper coins The European Union is mulling over phasing out one and two cent coins after it emerged that they cost more than their face value to mint.
May 19, 2013 Haiti revising outdated mining laws The World Bank is assisting the government to revamp legislation from 1976.
May 19, 2013 Labour strife continues at South African mines The city of Rustenberg (pictured) is the centre of South Africa's platinum belt where mineworkers are keeping up job action.
US raises Graphite One loan to $2.1B Graphite Creek is described by the US Geological Survey as the largest graphite deposit in the country. December 19, 2025 | 07:43 am
