October 16, 2015

Miners need to invest $150bn to avoid looming supply shortages

According to research house Wood Mackenzie, the need for investment is becoming desperate in zinc and lead and will be a major issue in the copper sector in the next…

October 15, 2015

BHP raising $6.5bn fresh sign of mining turnaround

"There'll always be investors wanting to get in early, but the junior market would only really start to benefit once majors instil investor confidence."

October 13, 2015

Zinc price rally has further to go

Zinc is the top pick at LME Week, the metal world's largest annual gathering, amid speculation that as with zinc Glencore could ride to rescue of nickel.

October 8, 2015

Indonesia promises Freeport to extend Grasberg contract

The approval will include “the same rights and the same level of legal and fiscal certainty provided under its contract of work,” the company said without elaborating.

October 6, 2015

Canada’s Nobel Prize win has a mining connection

A deep nickel mine in Ontario is an ideal location for detecting neutrinos.

September 29, 2015

Navigating the post PPL No. P15-IV-01 workplace examination

The current metal/non-metal examination regulation falls far short of this important benchmark (clarity in terms of its requirements).

September 23, 2015

The ever diminishing ambitions of BHP Billiton

This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.

September 22, 2015

Copper leads fall in metal prices on China worries

So far, copper prices have failed to react significantly to news of supply disruptions, remaining more responsive to news from China, the world’s largest consumer.

September 20, 2015

KGHM to shut down McCreedy mine: Union

In the face of weak commodity prices, KGHM International will shut down the McCreedy West Mine next month, the union representing representing workers there told the Sudbury Star on Sunday.

September 18, 2015

Wellgreen Platinum’s open pit and underground mine plan

The company filed a preliminary economic assessment in the spring.