September 23, 2013

VIDEO: Red hot nickel ball vs. black snakes

Watch a fiery ball of nickel get dumped into a bowl of black snake fireworks.

September 17, 2013

Vale receives record fine in Canadian miner deaths

$1.05 million.

September 11, 2013

Legal hurdles could hinder Canadian gold miner plans in Brazil’s Amazon

Prosecutors argue Belo Sun Mining Corp. has failed to study the impact on Amazon communities.

September 9, 2013

China turns JP Morgan bullish on copper

Investment bank goes tactically overweight on base metals (and closes underweight position on precious metals).

August 22, 2013

Miners, metals rally as global manufacturing recovery picks up pace

Europe's industrial activity climbs to more than two-year high, US recovery gathers steam and China serves up huge surprise.

August 20, 2013

Position filled: New CEO for London Metal Exchange

Martin Pratt may replace Martin Abbott.

August 20, 2013

Glasenberg writes off $8 billion. Yawn

9 reasons why Glencore-Xstrata's eye-watering impairments are nothing to lose sleep about.

August 19, 2013

The write-downs aren’t done yet: Glencore Xstrata – $7bn

Merger taking a hit from Xstrata assets.

August 16, 2013

Red hot nickel ball cutting through peanut butter

Jumping the shark?

August 12, 2013

Astronomers identify 12 asteroids close enough for mining

UK researchers went through a list of 9,000 near-Earth celestial bodies.