October 2, 2014 Operations at Freeport Grasberg copper mine remain blocked Protesters are demanding management to review safety conditions following a fatal accident on Sept. 27.
October 1, 2014 Canaccord’s Joe Mazumdar shares his favorite get rich slow schemes Gold prices are down, but the prospects for fully funded development stories are up.
October 1, 2014 Polish miner KGHM begins production at massive copper mine in Chile In the official opening the firm said it expected to start shipping from Sierra Gorda in November
October 1, 2014 Glencore halts copper projects in Zambia over tax row The standoff marks a major setback for the miner, which is in the process of upgrading its copper assets in Zambia hoping to increase output by at least 50% by…
September 30, 2014 September precious metal price meltdown Fresh selling sees gold price end September down 6% vs historical average gain of 3%, silver tanks 13%, platinum drops 9% and palladium collapses 15% over the course of the…
September 30, 2014 Rio Tinto, Glencore could save $500m by joining coal businesses It would also create a a 15-kilometre long ‘‘super pit’’ from the union of Rio’s Mount Thorley Warkworth and Glencore’s Bulga open-pit mines.
September 30, 2014 Newmont ships first copper from Indonesia in eight months 30,000 tonnes of copper concentrate were sent out Monday.
September 30, 2014 London Metal Exchange raises fees by a third This is the first fee hike since Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. acquired LME for $2.2 billion in 2012.
September 28, 2014 Imperial’s cleanup plan underway for Mount Polley mine dam breach, but questions remain With 24 million cubic metres of water and tailings flushed downstream of the Mount Polley gold and copper mine, the company’s biggest challenge now is to keep the remaining tailings…
September 28, 2014 Open-pit mining suspended after four killed at Freeport Indonesia’s copper mine Freeport-McMoRan Inc temporarily suspended open-pit mining at its Indonesian mine on Saturday, a company statement said, after four people died in an accident at one of the world's biggest copper…
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