May 31, 2016

CHARTS: Brutal May for metals and miners

A sharp reversal in metals and minerals prices during May see top mining companies shed billions in market value.

May 31, 2016

Bayer and Planetary Resources to collaborate to improve agriculture with space data

Improving agriculture with crop-specific satellite images.

May 26, 2016

Planetary Resources now has $21 million to help miners find resources… on Earth

Funds will be used to deploy and operate the firm's Earth observation program, known as Ceres.

May 15, 2016

Platinum and palladium markets to go into deficit in 2016: GFMS

GFMS forecasts the platinum market will return to a small deficit in 2016 and the deficit in palladium will deepen.

May 10, 2016

CHARTS: The May mining and metals meltdown

Seven trading days in and already global mining investors are nursing double digit declines as everything from copper to met coal to silver take a beating.

May 6, 2016

Luxembourg aims high with asteroid mining deals

It’s home to just a half-million people, but the country is not thinking small when it comes to the future of mining.

April 6, 2016

The rights and wrongs of rights issues

Rights issues are the best way of raising funds in a way that does not disadvantage existing shareholders

April 6, 2016

Canadians to develop space mining tool

Deltion Innovations aims to design a drill that would prospect for water, ice and resources on the moon and beyond.

March 22, 2016

The end of the global diversified miner?

New report predicts mining's majors will increasingly move away from diversification strategies to concentrate on competitiveness in certain core sectors.

March 22, 2016

These bacteria can help you find rich platinum deposits

Fresh research shows a new role for bacteria in cycling platinum group metals in soils and sediments, offering a better understanding of how to search for them.