June 17, 2014

Indonesia ban keeping nickel price on the boil

Philippines and New Caledonia can't supply enough laterite nickel ore to China.

June 17, 2014

Freeport, Indonesia make headway towards settling copper exports impasse

The parts agreed on basic framework for contract renegotiations for Grasberg mine.

June 15, 2014

Vale and Amazon Indians begin talks after threats of setting mine on fire

Vale said the tribe wants to modify an agreement to mitigate the mine's impact on its community's development.

June 11, 2014

Asteroids mined for fuel to generate trillion dollar market, says firm

Orbiting spacecraft could be refuelled with water taken from asteroids—but some experts doubt the economics.

June 10, 2014

BHP Billiton a step closer to selling-off non-core operations

World's largest mining company said to be unloading all of the non-core units acquired after the merger with Billiton 13 years ago.

June 7, 2014

Brent Cook: Exploration sector hasn’t hit bottom yet

Brent Cook from Exploration Insights chats with Cambridge House Live anchor Vanessa Collette about the state of the junior mining sector.

June 2, 2014

Philippines eyes $1bn revenues from proposed new mining law

The new revenue-sharing scheme would see the government taking 55% of the industry's net revenues or 10% of gross revenue, whichever is higher.

May 30, 2014

Vale gets green light to restart nickel mine in New Caledonia

After over three weeks of being suspended over a chemical spill into a local river into a local river that killed about 1,000 fish.

May 29, 2014

Nickel, palladium and platinum outperforming in 2014

Not all is bad in the metals sector.

May 27, 2014

Vale’s New Caledonia nickel plant under siege, up to $30m in damage

Angry rioters attacked the nickel facility, which has been closed since early May after an estimated 100,000 litres of acid-tainted effluent polluted a nearby creek.