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.
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 20, 2016 Private capital is ready to invest $7 billion in mining Half of private capital funds say it's easier to find attractive investments in the sector new study finds.
March 18, 2016 CAT sales show mining slump only getting worse Industry bellwether Caterpillar's global mining equipment sales drop 42% as Asia-Pacific and Latin America orders fall off a cliff.
March 15, 2016 Karnalyte, Indian fertilizer co agree to build new potash mine Karnalyte Recources (TSX:KRN) has inked a major deal with an Indian fertilizer manufacturer to build a new potash mine in Saskatchewan.
March 10, 2016 BHP’s $14 billion Jansen potash becomes latest victim of commodities rout BHP has cut $130 million from this year's planned $330 million capital expenditure to develop and study the feasibility of the project.
March 1, 2016 Warning of another string of mining bankruptcies in 2016 Rate of corporate defaults could be double historical average going back to 1920 says new study.
March 1, 2016 Here’s where mining investors should be placing their bets As a country, however, Canada is falling out of favour.
Eramet plans capital increase, asset sales after dire year The nickel, manganese and lithium producer unveiled the measures as it also faces a management crisis. February 18, 2026 | 09:54 am