December 23, 2015 Why CSR makes sense for communities, companies and investors Mining executives tell The Gold Report that the most effective corporate social responsibility programs (CSR) are orchestrated cooperatively instead of applied prescriptively.
December 23, 2015 Monster rally for mining stocks Broad advance for mining shares as metal prices jump on China stimulus hopes – Freeport rockets 17% in massive volumes.
December 23, 2015 You’re too bearish on China growth Beijing has very ambitious 2020 growth targets. A new survey finds Chinese executives are much more confident than the rest of the world about hitting them.
December 22, 2015 Study shows 96% of some mining jobs can be automated INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC: Don't just think truck drivers – 38% of first line mining supervisors' activities can be automated using CURRENT technology.
December 22, 2015 Iron ore price predictions keep getting cut Iron ore back above $40 on Tuesday, but Australia cuts official price forecast for 2016 to 20% below prediction made just three months ago.
December 22, 2015 Death toll from Brazilian dam burst climbs — BHP The miner raised the death toll from the catastrophic dam burst at a mine in Brazil last month to 17 from 13 and said there are two people still missing.
December 22, 2015 What to expect for 2016: Top predictions for the mining industry Will commodities continue to “bump along the bottom” or is a recovery coming by mid-year? The jury is out.
December 22, 2015 Australia ok’s vast coal port expansion near Great Barrier Reef The expansion work will require dredging 1.1 million cubic meters of seabed near the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
December 20, 2015 BHP, Vale have assets frozen over Samarco damages Two of the largest mining companies in the world are being held to account by the Brazilian government over a massive tailings dam rupture.
December 18, 2015 De Beers closing another diamond mine, this time in Botswana Debswana, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is set to close its Damtshaa mine and scale down production at Orapa.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am