April 10, 2013 BHP said to have discovered vast copper deposit in Western Australia Finding is close to BHP's massive but low-grade Babel-Nebo nickel-copper discovery.
April 10, 2013 $45bn and counting: China’s foreign mining misadventures China's deep-pocketed pursuit of mining assets abroad is a tale of burnt fingers and bungles.
April 9, 2013 Alcoa, China spark massive rally in miners and metals Great news from bellwether for industrial demand and globe's top commodity consumer spurs broad advance in metal and stock prices.
April 8, 2013 Transition Metals ties up with Sudbury’s private HTX Minerals Transition and HTX hold a combined 30 exploration assets across Canada and into the United States.
April 2, 2013 VIDEO: White-hot nickel ball burning a hole through a chocolate Easter bunny It takes surprisingly long to burn a hole through the chocolate bunny.
April 2, 2013 Fresh delays hit Glencore-Xstrata $76 billion mega merger New deadline for completion is May 2.
April 1, 2013 Norilsk Nickel profit down 37% Russian nickel and palladium giant announces 2012 profit loss.
March 28, 2013 Vale deal extends life of Canadian nickel mine to 2035 Vale breaths new life into Labrador nickel mine.
March 15, 2013 160-year study of real commodity prices sees beginning of the end of the supercycle For those with a very long time horizon, the news is good though.
March 11, 2013 Asteroid mining to dominate the industry: experts Geologists believe that asteroids hold iron ore, nickel and precious metals at much higher concentrations than those found on Earth.
First Quantum backs Panama’s plan to allow stockpile processing at shuttered copper mine Cobre Panama, one of the world's largest open-pit copper deposits, was closed in 2023 following protests from local residents over tax contributions and environmental impacts. January 15, 2026 | 03:48 pm
