January 17, 2014 NASA wants your name in its first asteroid mission, leaving in 2016 Selected names will be etched on a microchip aboard the spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in only two years.
January 14, 2014 Nickel price: Indonesia ban not enough to lift oversupplied market Top exporter Indonesia's ban on ore shipments largely off-set by record global stockpiles of ore and metal and rising mine output.
January 13, 2014 Is space mining commercially viable? A researcher from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says there are likely 'few' ore-bearing asteroids.
January 12, 2014 Indonesia ban rocks nickel market Against expectations of a last minute climbdown by authorities, Indonesia's nickel, bauxite and tin ore ban went into effect Sunday.
January 8, 2014 Unable to secure financing, Finland’s Talvivaara lays off nearly half its workforce In October the company announced that its liquidity position had been seriously weakened to due a declining nickel price and waste water leakage issues.
January 7, 2014 Zinc or swim: Do base metals have a future? As the large zinc mines shut down, the juniors are stepping forward to meet growing demand for the industrial staple.
January 7, 2014 The Philippines creates ‘mining accountability’ body The local Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) ) aims to guarantee the country’s mining sector transparency and accountability.
January 2, 2014 About 1,000 shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars Mars One, a Dutch non-profit mission to build the first human settlement on Mars, said only 24 will be sent.
January 1, 2014 Supply worries cloud 2014 mining outlook But bubbly stock markets could see investors return to the sector as 2013's plunge in commodity prices make metals and minerals look cheap.
December 31, 2013 ‘Midas touch’ bacteria, gold roller coaster and risky countries among top stories of 2013 While 2013 will go down as the one when gold stop glittering and miners were forced to tighten their belts, our readers favoured a wide range of stories.
Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025 Copper is on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009 and articles about the metal were read more than 2.5 million times this year. December 24, 2025 | 12:20 pm
