October 8, 2015 Indonesia promises Freeport to extend Grasberg contract The approval will include “the same rights and the same level of legal and fiscal certainty provided under its contract of work,” the company said without elaborating.
October 7, 2015 Mining stocks surge as end of commodity rout called Morgan Stanley sees a "sharp reversal" in commodities with prices rising nearly 20% by 2017 making mining stocks "historically attractive".
September 28, 2015 China shocker drops copper price to 6-year low Biggest drop in Chinese industrial profits on record spills red ink on mining stock boards – Freeport down 10% in massive volumes.
September 27, 2015 Cigar Lake mine officially starts production Saskatchewan mine is the second largest high-grade undeveloped uranium deposit in the world.
September 25, 2015 Argentine judge lifts Barrick’s Veladero gold mine halt He said the over 1,000 cubic metres of liquid cyanide spilled into a local river did not cause any environmental damage to justify keeping operations suspended.
September 24, 2015 Argentina’s presidential candidates want mining to be platform for country’s recovery Argentina’s presidential election, the first to be decided in a second and final round since the constitution was changed in the 1990s, will be key for the country’s economy, particularly…
September 23, 2015 The ever diminishing ambitions of BHP Billiton This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.
September 23, 2015 Ultra-class: How BHP drives haul-truck efficiency Bigger blasts, crib huts and hot seating.
September 23, 2015 Argentina extends Barrick’s Veladero gold mine halt Local judge had initially ordered a five-day suspension of the leaching process, but has decided to extend it “as a precautionary measure."
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