October 6, 2017 Freeport pressed to give most of Grasberg copper-gold mine to Indonesia ASAP Freeport agreed in August to divest a 51% stake in Grasberg to local interests in return for full operational control until 2041 plus fiscal and legal guarantees, but a final…
October 5, 2017 Plans to restart giant Bougainville mine stall as operating rights battle rages Plans to reopen one of the world's biggest copper mines, shut by a civil war on the Pacific Island of Bougainville in 1989, have run into trouble.
October 5, 2017 Chile earthquake lights fire under copper price Up more than 3% after quake near the city of Calama in main copper producing region of the South American country.
October 5, 2017 Barrick to pay $20 million to settle Pascua-Lama arbitration case Lawsuit was filed last year after the miner halted payments due to a local group.
October 5, 2017 Mexico’s mining sector to reach $17.8bn by 2020 on zinc prices, strong pipeline Competitive operating costs and supportive government policies are also expected to play a key role in Mexico's mining industry strong recovery.
October 4, 2017 Goldcorp says no production hit as Mexico mine blockade is lifted Polymetallic Penasquito mine produced one million gold equivalent ounces in 2016.
October 4, 2017 Robots under Swedish forest breathe life into ancient mines Mining ihas been one of the last sectors to use a surge in computer processing power, cloud data storage and complex algorithms to make sense of huge amounts of scattered…
October 2, 2017 Discovery of newsworthy diamonds picks up Over the last nine years 66 record-breaking and other noteworthy diamonds were recovered, and 61 of those have been found within the last five years.
September 27, 2017 Rio Tinto adopts global paid parental leave standard The new standard was announced Sept. 21 and will provide employees with job security, 18 weeks' leave for primary caregivers, and more.
September 27, 2017 De Beers laying the foundations for gender equality Katie Fergusson: "As Head of Social Impact, I feel privileged to be leading De Beers Group’s work on women and girls empowerment, including on diversity and inclusion."
Ascot rebrands under new management, lays out hub-and-spoke plan The new management views the Red Mountain project as a key part of the company's new vision. February 11, 2026 | 11:26 am
