August 24, 2015 South32 survives mining sector slump, to cut $350m in costs until 2018 The company said is not keen on Rio Tinto's thermal coal assets, currently up for sale.
August 24, 2015 China fresh sell-off sends commodities, markets to the pits The US has suspended the futures market on the Nasdaq index, as panicking traders have driven it down 5% — the maximum allowed under Wall Street rules.
August 23, 2015 Mining private equity is being fundamentally transformed Appian Capital founder Michael Scherb: "You're now seeing the same changes in mining that happened in oil and gas which is now heavily supported by PE"
August 23, 2015 Coal mine massacre during Solidarity-era Poland to go public One of the darkest events in the martial-law era of Poland in the early 1980s will soon be available to the public.
August 21, 2015 Canadian oil sands producer ready to begin digging pits in the US Beginning this fall, the company will start digging the first in a series of pits, each the size of a football stadium, in Utah, about 265km (165 miles) from Salt…
August 21, 2015 New variety of hard-to-find mineral discovered in England The last time a vein of Blue John Stone, a legendary semi-precious mineral, was discovered was in the in the XIX century.
August 21, 2015 INFOGRAPHIC – On the precipice: Will global markets follow commodities off the cliff? Today may be the end of this trend of divergence. US equities are at a precipice: fueled by low rates and quantitative easing for years, they have finally started to…
August 20, 2015 Most Canada oil sands crude being produced at a loss — report More than three-quarters of Canada's daily output of 2.2 million barrels of crude from oil sands is being produced at a loss at current prices, research from analysts at TD…
August 20, 2015 Forget slower growth, worry about Chinese GDP contraction Chinese rail freight tonnage – a key indicator for economic activity and the commodities trade – has plunged by 10.2% this year.
August 20, 2015 Heap Leach: Mining’s breakthrough technology New techniques for tailings treatment and sulfide ore recovery will see low-cost environmentally friendly heap leaching take another giant leap forward.
Aluminum and copper prices take breather after explosive start to 2026 Industrial metals have enjoyed a bullish run into the new year. January 13, 2026 | 03:12 pm
