April 20, 2016 Sibanye to invest $250 million in its gold mines, keeps shopping for new assets Sibanye is not exclusively looking at buying gold assets; it is also considering platinum, coal, uranium and base metals mines.
April 20, 2016 Myanmar Wanbao: A new dawn for the Chinese copper miner Documentary focuses on how Chinese mining company Myanmar Wanbao is changing and speaking the new language of a changing Myanmar.
April 19, 2016 Delays in rollout of autonomous technology forces Rio Tinto to cut iron ore guidance The world's No. 2 iron ore miner has cut its production guidance for 2017 by as much as 20 million tonnes.
April 18, 2016 Fortune Minerals announces appointment of former Minister David Ramsay to the Board of Directors Rebuilding team for NICO development as public highway to Whati & cobalt market advance
April 18, 2016 World’s largest underground copper mine remains shut on heavy rains, mudslides Chile's Codelco said that it loses about 1,500 tonnes of copper output for each day El Teniente mine remains inactive.
April 18, 2016 Community opposition forces Newmont to abandon Conga project in Peru The company has removed its massive gold and copper project Peru from its list of reserves in its annual filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
April 17, 2016 Heavy rains shut down copper mines in Chile Operations at two of the world's largest copper mines have been suspended following a weekend deluge in central Chile.
April 15, 2016 Apple got $40 million in gold from recycled iPhones last year Thanks to its innovative program that uses robots to recover the valuable parts from the millions of Apple devices discarded every year.
April 15, 2016 Afghan mineral wealth being looted by strongmen, experts say Afghanistan has reserves of coal, copper, iron ore, zinc, mercury, rare earths, gems such as rubies and emeralds, gold and silver worth about $3 trillion.
April 14, 2016 Spill at Teck’s plant in Canada now contained, no risks to human health The now contained spill, which happened at Teck's Trail smelting and refining plant in British Columbia, lasted for about 15-20 minutes.
Copper price tops $12,000 for first time on tariffs, supply woes Copper prices exceed $12,000 a tonne for the first time on record due to mine disruptions and tariffs, despite weak demand in China. December 23, 2025 | 05:39 am
