April 15, 2016

Apple got $40 million in gold from recycled iPhones last year

Thanks to its innovative program that uses robots to recover the valuable parts from the millions of Apple devices discarded every year.

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

Did BHP just call the bottom of the mining cycle?

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said over the weekend "the commodities fall has stopped". Not only that – after recent rallies six are back in bull markets.

April 12, 2016

IMF warns of another 14% drop in metal prices this year

The Fund's slightly more positive outlook for the Chinese economy not enough to halt metal price declines this year and in 2017.

April 12, 2016

Surging mining stocks point to big move ahead in gold and silver

Spring has sprung for precious metals mining stocks.

April 11, 2016

Codelco scraps plans for new mine at El Salvador division

Decision would reduce the total investment needed to $600 million from the whooping $3 billion it was originally estimated.

April 10, 2016

Crystallex awarded US$1.2 billion plus interest for damages

The tribunal recognized Venezuela’s unlawful expropriation of the company’s investment in the Las Cristinas mining project.

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

China’s coming for your copper project

Faced with declining domestic production, China's top copper company says the "only solution is going overseas".

April 6, 2016

The rights and wrongs of rights issues

Rights issues are the best way of raising funds in a way that does not disadvantage existing shareholders