August 3, 2013

EPA under fire again for Pebble Mine assessment

Hearing with republican-dominated Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

August 3, 2013

NGO warns upcoming mining law in Haiti will leave $20bn of mineral wealth in foreign hands

A new report by Haiti Grassroots Watch (HGW) shows one-third of the country’s north is already under exploration or exploitation by foreigners.

August 3, 2013

The cost of political blitzes on miners: Steve Todoruk

Steve Todoruk discusses the rising risk from political authorities.

August 2, 2013

A VMS venture

Study indicates that a combination of lower grades and higher costs (taxation, royalty and environmental approval) are pushing up the copper mining industry’s capital and operating costs.

August 2, 2013

Turquoise Hill shares stage comeback as Oyu Tolgoi looks back on track

Talks on $5 billion underground expansion of the massive copper-gold mine can go ahead says Mongolia's prime minister.

August 2, 2013

Investigation into infamous Chilean mine collapse closes

Chileans outraged by prosecutor's decision.

August 1, 2013

HudBay: another casualty of weak metals prices announces millions in losses

$59 million drop in total revenue compared to Q2 2012.

July 31, 2013

Analysts expects several banks to follow JPMorgan commodities exit

Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs likely to be the next ones.

July 31, 2013

Mining CEOs sent packing planning comebacks: report

Aaron Regent (Barrick Gold) and and Mick Davis (Xstrata PLC) the two that might be back very soon.

July 30, 2013

Copper price slides as Chinese growth risks accumulate

A number of economists now believe the risk of 3% growth in the world's second largest economy is "non-negligible".