March 2, 2017 Gold, silver prices are getting clobbered Gold suffers its worst trading day of 2017 while silver is down 4.2%.
March 2, 2017 CAT shares hammered as feds search offices Federal officials executed a search warrant at three of Caterpillar facilities, including the corporate headquarters in Peoria.
March 2, 2017 The Joburg township where outlaws make the rules t’s dangerous‚ often fatal‚ but illegal underground gold mining is pretty much all that sustains the economy of Lindelane‚ a sprawling township of tin shacks and shebeens near Benoni‚ to…
March 1, 2017 Copper price jumps on Grasberg grind, Escondida escalation Freeport sees "fundamental shift" at iconic mine as Indonesian spat gets heated and dispute at giant Escondida copper mine in floods-hit Chile turns ugly.
March 1, 2017 Newmont open to new partner to expand Yanacocha gold mine in Peru A potential expansion would allow South America's largest gold mine generate about 200,000 ounces of the precious metal per year between 2020 and 2025
February 28, 2017 China closing 150 gold mines Top gold producing country wants to modernize and consolidate its mining industry.
February 28, 2017 Scientists discover why world’s richest ore deposits were formed Scientists have discovered why some of the richest ore deposits on the planet, such as copper, zinc, silver and uranium, were formed in the middle period of Earth’s history.
February 28, 2017 Explorers frustrated with waiting times for permits in B.C., the Territories On the level of transparency in the approvals process, jurisdictions in the US, Australia and Scandinavia performed better than Canada, a fresh report by the Fraser Institute, shows.
February 28, 2017 Canada’s Saskatchewan and Manitoba are the world’s new top mining destinations Both provinces displaced Western Australia from the first to the third place thanks partly to their rich mineral reserves, competitive tax regimes, efficient permitting procedures, and certainty surrounding environmental regulations.
February 27, 2017 Copper price: Escondida deal beginning to look distant BHP Billiton and union at world's largest copper mine can't even agree whether talks are happening or not.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am