December 28, 2015

Commodity price slump undercuts mining sector

Chinese demand kept Canadian mines humming - now there's too much supply of metals, minerals.

December 22, 2015

Study shows 96% of some mining jobs can be automated

INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC: Don't just think truck drivers – 38% of first line mining supervisors' activities can be automated using CURRENT technology.

December 22, 2015

Canada’s Quebec okays $1.2 billion phosphate mine

The open-pit mine – the largest in Canada near an inhabited area – is expected to create 475 construction jobs and 375 permanent positions.

December 22, 2015

What to expect for 2016: Top predictions for the mining industry

Will commodities continue to “bump along the bottom” or is a recovery coming by mid-year? The jury is out.

December 21, 2015

Caterpillar to pay $74 million after found guilty of stealing trade secrets

England-based supplier Miller UK won a case filed five years ago, in which accused CAT of misusing classified information to produce its own coupler, rather than buying it from them.

December 17, 2015

2015: Twilight of the Supercycle

A look back at mining and metals in 2015 through MINING.com's most popular stories of the year.

December 15, 2015

The Chinese scramble to mine Africa

25-fold investment jump in less than a decade. That's how fast China's gaining control over Africa’s mining industry. And Beijing's only pushing harder now. 

December 15, 2015

A Belarus wildcard is shaking up the global market for potash

In the massive Soligorsk mine, workers 2,000 feet below ground are drilling at seams of pinkish rock and rattling a $20 billion commodity market.

December 15, 2015

Market uncertainty pulls Canadian Mining Eye index down in Q3

The Canadian Mining Eye index declined 17% during Q3 2015, compared to a 4% gain in Q2 2015.

December 11, 2015

African Potash soars on fertilizer trade deal

The agreement with Windmill, a private fertilizer producer in Southern Africa, is expected to bring in net revenue of $300,000.