March 3, 2017

Strike at BHP’s Escondida mine takes toll on Chile’s copper output, GDP

The country’s copper output is predicted to have fallen by 12% last month when compared to February 2016, while GDP dropped 1%.

March 2, 2017

Gold, silver prices are getting clobbered

Gold suffers its worst trading day of 2017 while silver is down 4.2%.

March 2, 2017

CAT shares hammered as feds search offices

Federal officials executed a search warrant at three of Caterpillar facilities, including the corporate headquarters in Peoria.

March 1, 2017

Striking miners at BHP’s Escondida block roads, clash with police

Incidents come despite a local judge ruled late Tuesday that a deferred payment from 2016 should go out to workers within 48 hours.

February 28, 2017

Scientists discover why world’s richest ore deposits were formed

Scientists have discovered why some of the richest ore deposits on the planet, such as copper, zinc, silver and uranium, were formed in the middle period of Earth’s history.

February 28, 2017

Canada’s Saskatchewan and Manitoba are the world’s new top mining destinations

Both provinces displaced Western Australia from the first to the third place thanks partly to their rich mineral reserves, competitive tax regimes, efficient permitting procedures, and certainty surrounding environmental regulations.

February 27, 2017

Hedge funds up bullish gold price bets most since Trump win

Gold builds on 15-week highs as large-scale derivatives speculators bump exposure to a rising gold price by a fifth, the most bullish move since November 1.

February 27, 2017

Cupric Canyon gets $50 million to develop Botswana mine

Khoemacau mine will initially produce 50,000 tonnes of copper and 1.4 million ounces of silver a year, but future expansions could increase output to at least 120,000 tonnes of copper…

February 24, 2017

Gold, silver prices at 15-week highs as Trump trade unwinds

Precious metals erase nearly all post-election losses – silver price enjoys longest weekly winning streak in more than a decade.

February 24, 2017

Pan American Silver boss just gifted $4 million to the Canadian Museum of Nature

The donation by the company's founder Ross Beaty aims to enhance the museum’s national research and collections that are focused on species discovery.