December 7, 2016 Capital allocation: Canadian miners’ top priority for 2017 With fluctuating commodity prices, the top priorities for Canadian miners next year will be capital allocation, strategic deal making and employing new technology and innovations, a report shows.
December 7, 2016 Rio Tinto says halt of copper shipments from Oyu Tolgoi ‘a bump in the road’ Chief executive Jean-Sebastian Jacques comments come as the company had to suspend shipments from the Mongolian mine last week.
December 7, 2016 Barrick Gold brings in new director to regain strength in Latin America The gold producer said the region will play an increasingly important role in its growth strategy.
December 6, 2016 Trump’s impact on metals and mining in one chart Interactive: Donald Trump's victory has created winners and (huge) losers for the mining industry.
December 5, 2016 Big mining’s age of austerity far from over But asset sales will slow says new report.
December 5, 2016 New Islamic banking rules make gold an accepted investment Transactions must be fully backed by physical metal and settled on the same day to observe Islam's distinction between real economic activity and speculation.
December 4, 2016 Yukon’s Minto mine looks to bring back laid off workers A recent bump in the price of copper has Yukon's only operating mine looking to bring back some laid-off workers.
December 2, 2016 EPA’s proposed financial responsibility rule for miners a ‘job killer’ — industry Norm aims at ensuring that hard-rock mining companies can pay the costs of cleaning up their mines, says EPA.
December 1, 2016 Top ten most important mining men in Canadian history – by Stan Sudol A fitting reflection of the enormous contributions that the mining sector has made to the development of many northern parts of our vast country and unfortunately, are largely ignored by…
November 30, 2016 Canadian mining company in London targeted by protesters over EU-Canada trade deal Last night activists obliterated the words ‘democracy’, ‘environment’ and ‘justice’ with gold spray paint outside the offices of a Canadian mining company, in a protest designed to draw attention to…
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am