July 30, 2014 BHP firing 6% of workforce in Chile’s Pampa Norte division Division encompasses the Spence and Cerro Colorado copper mines.
July 29, 2014 BHP to complete Olympic Dam expansion years from now The company revealed it will take four years to trial a processing method it hopes will help make the expansion profitable.
July 29, 2014 Global mining sector on the way up, but recovery still slow The industry’s aggregate market capitalization improved for the sixth month in a row in June, reaching $1.75 trillion, the highest level since January 2013.
July 26, 2014 Industry experts discuss growing minerals demand in committee hearing Better access to US minerals would encourage manufacturers to return.
July 25, 2014 Freeport, Indonesia make peace: copper exports to resume in August Indonesia's top copper miner hopes next month to ramp up production and restart concentrate shipments from Grasberg, one of the world's largest copper mines.
July 25, 2014 Codelco delays $6.8 billion mine expansion, reviews impacts on glaciers The company says its future depends on the Andina mine expansion, as dwindling ore grades in its old mines are expected to bring annual output down.
July 25, 2014 Miners need to overhaul business model to boost productivity: study Cost reduction measures in the mining industry could well have undermined the sector's productivity, which remains down, according to a new EY report.
July 25, 2014 This cell phone was charged with apples, potatoes and copper wire The functional art installation was created outside a shopping centre in London.
July 24, 2014 Chile’s Escondida mine boosts BHP copper output Improvements at the mine mill throughput and concentrator utilization offset declining ore grades at the world's largest copper mine.
July 24, 2014 Freeport to soon restart exports from Indonesia as gov’t offers tax cuts About $500 million of exports a month have been halted in Southeast Asia's biggest economy because of the minerals dispute.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
