April 22, 2016 Chart: The march of the zombie miners continues It was just over a year ago that Tony Simon, President of Seguro Consulting, brought to our attention the initial problem of the zombie miners (definition referred to mining exploration…
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 Rare earth price bulls are back Shares in world's top miner of high-tech raw materials surge on speculation Beijing is stepping in to support rare earth prices.
April 15, 2016 Slow growth, production cuts, divestment expected for Europe mining sector Analysts outline five key themes resources companies in Europe will have to deal with in the next few months.
April 15, 2016 Afghan mineral wealth being looted by strongmen, experts say Afghanistan has reserves of coal, copper, iron ore, zinc, mercury, rare earths, gems such as rubies and emeralds, gold and silver worth about $3 trillion.
April 13, 2016 Gren Thomas: Mining legend talks rare earths, diamonds, and gold Gren shares the story of his part of the discovery of diamonds in Canada which has led to a billion dollar business.
April 8, 2016 Tesla’s plans fire up lithium shares It’s Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s stated ambition to produce 500,000 electric cars by the end of this decade.
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.
April 4, 2016 INFOGRAPHIC: Receding Arctic ice unlocking fathomless mineral resources If you don’t mind frost and cost.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
