December 4, 2014 Rio, BHP very close to develop U.S. largest copper mine Arizona’s lawmakers have slipped a piece of legislation that would allow the mining giants to go ahead with their massive Resolution Copper project.
December 3, 2014 Women mostly missing at London’s ‘Mines and Money’ event 75 participating countries, 200 companies, 200 presenters, 3,000 attendees… and fewer than 15 women invited to speak at Mines and Money London 2014. About time for a change – don’t…
December 3, 2014 Barrick teams with Saudi Arabian miner to run copper mine Miner may try replicate partnership with other of its stalled projects, such as Pascua Lama in South America.
December 2, 2014 Water, human rights and reputations – managing the impacts of mining projects What’s the connection between access to water, human rights and mining projects? It’s a complicated area where the vast challenges that lie ahead can only increase as the century progresses.
December 1, 2014 Guatemala’s huge mining royalty hike makes Tahoe unhappy The country’s congress passed Friday legislation to increase mining royalties from 5% to 10%.
December 1, 2014 UK passes historic transparency law for oil, gas and mining companies The law provides a standard for the US to follow in finalizing its own rules requiring payment disclosure
November 30, 2014 These three charts should terrify precious metals investors In this brief follow-up piece, I will show three long-term chart patterns that could have very bearish implications for gold and silver if they play out.
November 29, 2014 Waiting for Godot Alternatively, watching paint dry. That’s how it has felt this week with gold’s volatility slowing to a crawl ahead of Thanksgiving yesterday and the Swiss gold referendum on Monday.
November 28, 2014 Copper hits 4-year low in New York End of strike at Peru’s biggest copper mine and weaker oil prices drove Dr. Copper goes to the ICU.
November 28, 2014 Rio Tinto cuts spending, defers capex, keeps dividend The mining giant said it was committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders in 2015 despite a severe drop in iron ore prices.
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