September 12, 2016 Copper price crunch Copper falls to three-month low as global economic fears mount and hedge funds add 55% to bearish futures bets to second highest on record.
September 11, 2016 Los Bronces miners down tools Miners at one of Chile's largest copper operations walked off the job on Friday morning after rejecting the majority-owner's final offer in collective wage talks.
September 9, 2016 Trilogy follows Kennecott’s footsteps in Alaska A century later, a new high-grade mining story in Alaska is emerging and has quietly attracted an incredible list of backers including Electrum Group, Paulson and Co, Baupost Group, and…
September 9, 2016 Mongolia readies to revive its giant Tavan Tolgoi coal mine Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), the state-owned company that holds the license to the deposit, has already begun evaluating bids and calculating the potential economic benefits of restarting it.
September 9, 2016 Nevsun completes switch to zinc Vancouver-based miner ships first zinc concentrate from flagship Bisha mine in Eritrea which started life as a gold-silver project in 2010.
September 9, 2016 Norilsk: A blood red river runs through it River near the eponymous city of world's top nickel and palladium miner turns crimson.
September 9, 2016 Australia’s Tiger Resources to fast-track plans to explore potential cobalt production at its African copper project Tiger Resources Managing Director, Mr Michael Griffiths, released the positive results of an independent study the Company had commissioned to investigate the viability of producing cobalt at its Kipoi Project…
September 9, 2016 Australian think tank seeks more strategic approach to engaging Africa’s economy and mining sector The call was made in Perth today by the Canberra-based Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in an address to the third and final day of the Paydirt 2016 Africa Down…
September 8, 2016 Newmont ranked mining industry leader by Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for second year in a row Newmont was the first gold company named to the index in 2007, and has been included on the DJSI North America Index every year since 2006.
September 8, 2016 EPA adds Colorado gold mine to new Superfund pollution sites Move comes thirteen months after an EPA crew mistake caused millions of gallons of bright orange wastewater to taint rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
