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.
May 25, 2014 Greenland Dreaming – Time to get greedy Several things stand out regarding the Voisey’s Bay deposit
EU said to allow telecoms copper switch-off delay to 2035 The move would give national governments discretion to set their own copper phase-out timelines based on local market conditions, network readiness and consumer impact. January 15, 2026 | 10:54 am
