January 15, 2016 This is what a mining, metals market meltdown looks like Three of the world's top mining companies are now trading over 90% below their boom year highs as the 2016 commodity sell-off gathers pace.
January 15, 2016 BHP takes largest-ever write-down on US shale operation The world’s largest miner announced Friday a roughly $7.2 billion pretax charge against its U.S. onshore energy assets
January 15, 2016 Dominion Diamond chairman steps down, replaced by De Beers veteran Robert Gannicott's replacement as chairman will be Jim Gowans, a former DeBeers Canada CEO and most recently the co-president of Barrick Gold,.
January 14, 2016 Rio Tinto freezes all pay for 2016 as commodities rout bites Chief executive Sam Walsh told employees he expected 2016 to be "an even tougher year" than the last.
January 13, 2016 South32 mulls acquisition of Anglo’s $1bn business in Brazil Company is said to have sent out requests to investment banks as it seeks to hire an adviser to assist in the bidding process for Anglo American's niobium and phosphate…
January 12, 2016 Chile mulls scrapping copper funding for military Codelco chairman, Oscar Landerretche, wants the government to scrap the country’s Copper Law, which forces the firm to give 10% of its annual export revenue to the Armed Forces.
January 11, 2016 Copper prices falling like it’s 2009 The fresh collapse dragged main producers down, with BHP Billiton, the world’s largest miner, hitting a decade-low.
January 8, 2016 Brazil tailings dam spill much smaller than original estimates BHP Billiton said Friday the dam burst at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil released 32m cubic metres of sludge, almost half earlier estimates.
January 6, 2016 Gold hits seven-week high on global cues, miners soar The precious metal is building on gains from earlier in the week, triggered mainly by escalating geo-political tensions in the Middle East and North Korea’s nuclear test.
January 4, 2016 China rings in 2016 with a stock market crash Gold and oil benefited from the collapse, while base metals and most diversified miners suffered from it.
Northern Star climbs to record high as first-half profit surges 49% The gold miner reported underlying net profit after tax of A$759.8 million ($541 million) for the half year ended December 31. February 11, 2026 | 03:33 pm
