August 29, 2017 Freeport to yield control of giant Grasberg copper mine to Indonesia The company has greed to reduce its stake in the Grasberg mine to 49% in exchange for licenses to operate the massive copper and gold pit until 2041.
August 28, 2017 Brazil to redo Amazon mining decree after criticism Brazil's government will revise a decree that opened up a vast mineral reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining responding to overwhelming criticism.
August 28, 2017 Oreninc Index – Monday, August 28, 2017 Oreninc Index falls as vacation season continues.
August 28, 2017 Gold landlords look to small royalties for big payday How Franco Nevada’s founders built a 8,250 bagger and a new gold royalty startup following in their footsteps.
August 28, 2017 Third trapped miner dies at Harmony Gold South Africa mine Two more remain missing after they were trapped underground following an earth tremor last week.
August 28, 2017 Caterpillar to build solar power plant for B2Gold Otjikoto mine in Namibia The Canadian gold miner chose Caterpillar and Barloworld for 7 MW solar power installation at Otjikoto mine in Namibia.
August 27, 2017 Tremor kills 2 at Harmony Gold mine Two miners have been killed in an underground mine collapse in South Africa caused by an earth tremor.
August 25, 2017 Gold juniors’ Q2’17 fundamentals The junior gold miners’ stocks have spent months grinding sideways near lows, sapping confidence and breeding widespread bearishness.
August 25, 2017 Canadian miner ‘flush with cash’ producing A miner with spending money just increased its fleet and made another giant leap forward in expanding its already producing Nevada project.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am