January 31, 2016 Explorer Aston Bay signs $40-million preliminary deal with BHP on copper asset Tiny Aston Bay Holdings (BAY-V), a junior with a copper-zinc project in Nunavut, seized the market’s attention by announcing a preliminary joint-venture deal with the world’s largest mining company.
January 21, 2016 INFOGRAPHIC: The periodic table of commodity returns This year’s version has an interactive design that allows users to sort returns by various categories including returns, volatility, and other groupings.
January 20, 2016 Oil, Asian stocks rout deepen miners wounds Miners suffering fresh sell-off as oil price falls and the IMF lowers growth forecast for China, rattling investors.
January 18, 2016 MMG’s gigantic Las Bambas mine in Peru makes first copper shipment to China The company shipped roughly 10,000 tonnes of copper concentrate from Las Bambas from the Port of Matarani to China on Jan. 15.
January 18, 2016 Colombian police begins evicting illegal miners from Continental Gold’s claims The Canadian miner's Buriticá gold-silver-zinc project is located about 75 km from Medellín, the country’s second largest city.
January 18, 2016 One small step for mining’s new frontier Once a figment of science fiction films, the sometimes risky notion of mining in space may soon become a reality if asteroid miners have their way.
January 15, 2016 This is what a mining, metals market meltdown looks like Three of the world's top mining companies are now trading over 90% below their boom year highs as the 2016 commodity sell-off gathers pace.
January 13, 2016 South32 mulls acquisition of Anglo’s $1bn business in Brazil Company is said to have sent out requests to investment banks as it seeks to hire an adviser to assist in the bidding process for Anglo American's niobium and phosphate…
January 10, 2016 Morgan, Sachs, Glencore have lawsuit against zinc price conspiracy dismissed Two of the largest banks in the world and the biggest commodities trader have been found to be innocent of claims that they fixed zinc prices.
US and Uzbekistan sign critical minerals pact Since Trump's return to power, the US has courted the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia and moved to bolster its influence in a region. February 18, 2026 | 02:12 pm
