January 10, 2017 World Bank on a Trump economy and commodities World Bank's 2017 outlook says US impact on commodity markets diminished, but it's still number 1 for oil and number 2 in copper, aluminum and lead.
January 8, 2017 CHART: How every commodity performed in 2016 It was an up and down year for commodities, but things ultimately finished in the black.
January 5, 2017 INTERACTIVE: Mining emerges from slump With only a couple of exceptions, metal and mineral prices rallied in 2016 – see at a glance how far the industry has come.
January 2, 2017 First Quantum dinged $40,000 for sulphuric acid spill at nickel mine First Quantum Minerals has been fined $40,000 concerning an incident that occurred at the Ravensthorpe nickel mine in 2014.
January 1, 2017 SLIDESHOW: Mining on the mend – 2016 year in review The global mining industry rebounded from multi-year lows in 2016 – MINING.com's most popular posts of the year tell the story.
December 28, 2016 Norilsk Nickel buys Soviet-era copper concentrate for $1.1 billion One of Russia's largest mining companies has dropped a stash of roubles on copper concentrate that dates back to the Cold War.
December 22, 2016 CHART: China’s economy growing fastest since 2013 Turnaround in GDP expansion in world's top commodity consumer over the past few months "almost as sharp as in 2009" says new study.
December 21, 2016 Without China global mining would be smaller than in 2000 TABLE: China's copper demand grew 11-fold in 15 years – the rest of the world shrunk. Sans China, the nickel market would've barely broken a million tonnes.
December 15, 2016 US authorities strip Twin Metals of mineral leases in Minnesota Two federal agencies said the mineral leases for Twin Metals, a subsidiary of Antofagasta plc, will not be renewed.
December 14, 2016 Nickel key to unveiling mystery of dinosaurs extinction A nickel spike found in sediments above the spot where a giant asteroid hit the Earth some 66 million years ago, may help scientists trace segments of the celestial body…
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