August 7, 2014

Rio Tinto’s cuts are the deepest

Profits double after CEO Sam Walsh trims $3.2 billion of fat six months ahead of target and announces another $1 billion in cuts by end-2015.

August 7, 2014

Newmont still keen on Barrick merger

Newmont CEO Gary Goldberg says interested in restarting merger talks that collapsed in April.

August 7, 2014

Will mining disappear in the next decade?

Trend of mine production moving to emerging economies will continue.

August 7, 2014

How three geologists discovered copper, diamond and gold deposits

"She’s the only woman I know who found the diamonds she wears."

August 6, 2014

First Nations, environmentalists worry about salmon run after Mount Polley

"It could alter their senses."

August 6, 2014

Some facts about the Mount Polley Mine

Mount Polley has a good record in reuse of the water for its mine.

August 6, 2014

Chile’s court rules in favour of KGHM’s Sierra Gorda storage facility

This is the third project in the past four moths to be given the go-ahead after an initial unfavourable ruling.

August 6, 2014

Zinc becoming investors new darling

Prices for the metal have jumped almost 17% since early May, hitting $2,410 a tonne late July.

August 6, 2014

English schoolboys dig up rare 4,300-year-old gold hair ornament

Only ten finds like this have ever been made in the UK.

August 6, 2014

Copper price tumbles on dismal China data, Indonesia exports

Copper price down more than 1% after gauge of China's services economy drops to near 9-year low and restart of Indonesian exports ease supply fears.