December 21, 2015

The world’s 10 wettest mines

One of these mines gets more than fives times the rain of Canada's rainiest city.

December 17, 2015

2015: Twilight of the Supercycle

A look back at mining and metals in 2015 through MINING.com's most popular stories of the year.

December 16, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: The story of Voisey’s Bay: Today’s mine (Part 3 of 3)

The last part of this series highlights the richness of the deposit itself - and we also profile the world's largest icebreaking cargo ship that is used to transport the…

December 11, 2015

Some think not too soon for Anglo obituary

Anglo-American perceived as "the most likely of the diversified mining majors to go bust" even if it "goes down fighting".

December 10, 2015

Investors going crazy for world no 1 commodity company

For all the wrong reasons.

December 9, 2015

Freeport follows Anglo’s lead: suspends dividend, cuts spending, eyes assets sales

The U.S. miner became the latest mining company to announced drastic measures aimed at preserving cash amid a deepening commodity prices rout.

December 8, 2015

In January this guy launches a hedge fund to invest in metals

Orion's Oskar Lewnowski: "For a long time, metals were driven by financial flows... With those guys out, we are back to fundamentals."

December 8, 2015

Chinese commodity demand: Crisis. What crisis?

In volume terms Chinese imports of commodities led by iron ore and copper surged 17% in November, the best month in nearly two years.

December 7, 2015

More than 400 jobs to go at South32 manganese mine in South Africa

The country's largest mining union said it had received notice from South32 about the planned cuts and wants the government to intervene.

December 7, 2015

Responding to a depressed mining market

The immediate reactive response from most mines is to cut: cut costs, cut employee numbers, and cut output.