April 21, 2016 Miners spending again: $50 billion capex in five months Confidence returns to mining sector as announced capital outlays surge to $108 billion – greenfield project spending up three-fold in first quarter.
April 19, 2016 Potash miners hit by increased competition, supply amid low prices Analysts, companies expect prices to stay below 2015 levels for at least the next two years.
April 15, 2016 Canadian potash companies lack major 2016 supply deal Not only Canadians, but also producers from Russia and Belarus have yet to sign 2016 contracts with Chinese importers.
April 13, 2016 Did BHP just call the bottom of the mining cycle? CEO Andrew Mackenzie said over the weekend "the commodities fall has stopped". Not only that – after recent rallies six are back in bull markets.
April 13, 2016 Canada’s mining industry backs national carbon price The country's largest mining companies recommend a broad-based carbon price applicable to all sectors of the economy.
April 7, 2016 Canada unveils final anti-corruption law for the extractive sector Estimated to cover the nearly 2,000 natural resource companies whose businesses are registered in Canada or trade on Toronto’s stock exchange.
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 30, 2016 Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.
March 28, 2016 Ultra-bearish call on copper, oil prices Barclays says commodity gains this year not supported by fundamentals– sector vulnerable to wave of investor liquidation that could knock prices down 20–25%.
March 24, 2016 Afghanistan may contain large resources of undiscovered potash: USGS Together with other Central Asian countries it is said to have the potential to hold between 39 and 54 billion metric tons of undiscovered potash resources.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
