July 27, 2014 Mass grave with hundreds of skeletons found in Bolivian mining town Hundreds of thousands have died over the years at the city's main silver mine, as a direct result of cave-ins, overwork, hunger and disease.
July 25, 2014 Freeport, Indonesia make peace: copper exports to resume in August Indonesia's top copper miner hopes next month to ramp up production and restart concentrate shipments from Grasberg, one of the world's largest copper mines.
July 25, 2014 Gold fix operator picks committee to oversee spot price The company’s new board is made up of compliance officers at the four banks that currently operate the gold prices setting process.
July 25, 2014 All risk is local Local populations now have the ability to almost instantaneously aggregate and mobilize around an idea, ideology, or common cause.
July 25, 2014 Miners need to overhaul business model to boost productivity: study Cost reduction measures in the mining industry could well have undermined the sector's productivity, which remains down, according to a new EY report.
July 24, 2014 Teck Resources’ profit hit by lower coal prices The price drop overshadowed the miner’s coal sales increase during the quarter, which totalled 6.8 million tonnes, compared with 6.3 million tonnes a year earlier.
July 23, 2014 UN opens up more deep sea areas for mining, issues seven new licences State-owned and private companies from the UK, Germany, India, Brazil, Singapore and Russia are among those to benefit from the seabed regulator’s decision.
July 22, 2014 South Portland bans Canada’s oil sands Enbridge's Line 9 reversal project threatened after Maine city council opposes exporting Alberta oil.
July 22, 2014 Jocelyn August: Upcoming catalysts for precious and base metals, uranium and oil and gas plays Three top catalysts for absolute movements in precious metals.
China’s rare earth magnet exports to US decline in November Shipments to the US totaled about 582 tons, compared with 656 tons in October. December 20, 2025 | 08:30 am