April 27, 2017 Philippines extends mining ban, now forbids open-pits Prohibition only affects planned mines, not the ones currently in operations, but it will take effect immediately.
April 27, 2017 Vale’s first quarter profit lower than expected as rains hurt iron ore output Net income totalled $2.5 billion, compared with profit of $525 million in the prior three months and almost $1.8 billion a year earlier.
April 26, 2017 Copper, lead, zinc prices to stay on the boil New World Bank outlook for commodities predict 32% price jump for zinc and 18% for copper and lead, but outlook for nickel price in 2017 is murky.
April 26, 2017 BHP puts US shale assets back on the block amid investors pressure The miner said decision was unrelated to Elliott Management's call earlier this month to unlock shareholder value by spinning off about $22 billion of BHP's US oil assets.
April 24, 2017 More iron ore comes to the market as Anglo’s output soars in Q1 Both iron ore and diamond output rose in the first quarter thanks to a continued ramping-up of the company's Minas Rio mine in Brazil and improvements in the gem market.
April 20, 2017 Vale’s iron ore output just hit another record Production of the steelmaking raw material jumped 11% to 86.2 million tonnes in the January-March period, compared to the same quarter a year earlier.
April 18, 2017 Freeport, Indonesia work out initial Grasberg exports deal The Indonesian unit is now in the process of obtaining a full export permit.
April 12, 2017 Iron ore, copper price plunge brings carnage to mining stocks Worries about Chinese economy and rising tension surrounding North Korea brings fear trade to mining and industrial metals.
April 9, 2017 U3O8 Corp. stakes the old La Niquelina uranium-cobalt-nickel mine Mineralization was discovered at La Niquelina in 1944, with modest production from a small underground mine in the early 1950's.
April 6, 2017 Buy precious, sell base (metals)….. Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger explains why he believes base metals are overbought and precious metals, especially silver, are set to appreciate.
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