April 11, 2017 Water scarcity, pollution to take shine off Latin American mining sector In addition to raising costs for miners and delaying certain projects, the focus on the amount of water used by the extraction industry in the region will boost social pressure…
April 11, 2017 BHP Billiton to escalate defence from Elliott with Goldman’s help Analysts expect BHP to argue that a demerged petroleum business would need to fund offshore growth projects by raising debt. It may also contend that a stand-alone division won’t have…
April 10, 2017 BHP rejects activist fund Elliott urge to spin off US oil assets Company says the associated risks of spinning off about $22 billion of its US oil assets and listing them in New York would significantly outweigh any potential benefits.
April 7, 2017 Top 10 copper mining companies in 2016 2016 highlights: a year of breakthroughs and setbacks
April 6, 2017 Buy precious, sell base (metals)….. Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger explains why he believes base metals are overbought and precious metals, especially silver, are set to appreciate.
April 6, 2017 Rio Tinto to fight $447 million Australian tax bill The amount is linked to what is known as “transfer pricing” between Rio Tinto’s Australian operations and its Singapore office.
April 6, 2017 BC mining financing dropped 40% in 2016 The mining industry still received 29% of the Canadian province’s top-grossing corporate financing deals.
April 6, 2017 Erdene Resource moving forward with flagship project in Mongolia While the company had other projects in the country, the Bayan Khundii gold project went from greenfield prospect to being its main asset in roughly nine months.
April 6, 2017 Barrick confirms selling half of Veladero to Shandong Gold for $960 million Deal will also see the two firms looking at jointly developing the nearby Pascua-Lama gold, silver and copper project and evaluating additional investment opportunities in the area.
April 6, 2017 ‘Conflict minerals’ entering tech supply chains from countries beyond Africa — report Tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold are now also being illegally extracted and traded at sites under the control of armed groups in countries including Myanmar and Colombia.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
