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.

September 18, 2015

Sibanye expects to generate up to 60% of power needs from new coal project

The move aims to reduce the gold producer's dependence on unreliable electricity supply from state-run utility Eskom Holdings.

September 18, 2015

Prospecting the Gold Colonies

Prospecting is of course the integral first step in the process of discovery, walking the bush and hammering rocks means boots on the ground. It's people walking through the bush…

September 14, 2015

Veteran investment strategist Joe McAlinden reverses view, predicts recovery for gold, oil and housing

With the markets in whiplash mode, Joe McAlinden, founder of McAlinden Research Partners and former chief global strategist with Morgan Stanley Investment Management, believes volatility is going to stick around…