December 21, 2014

Zinc, nickel Scotiabank’s top picks for investors

“Base metals were a ‘bright’ spot in 2014—largely ignored by equity markets and are among our ‘picks’ for investors in 2015,” observed Scotiabank economist Patricia Mohr in the latest edition…

December 18, 2014

Trevali surges on polymetallic mine restart

Vancouver-based junior jumps 8.5% after hitting targets for re-start of 100%-owned Caribou zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold mine in New Brunswick, Canada.

December 18, 2014

Mining stocks rally across the board

Huge advances in all sectors from potash and uranium to copper and gold led by a 10% surge in diversified Canadian heavyweight Teck Resources.

December 16, 2014

Deep-sea mining pioneer now hunts for resources in space

Julian Malnic, the founder of world's first deep-sea miner Nautilus Minerals has joined the board of Deep Space Industries.

December 15, 2014

Miners back to work at Peru’s Antamina copper mine

This was the second time that Antamina’s workers down tools in about a month over demands for a bonus and other benefits.

December 11, 2014

New strike hits Peru’s largest copper mine

Unionized workers at Antamina downed tools at midnight Wednesday.

December 8, 2014

BHP Billiton spin-off named South32

The waiting game is over. BHP Billiton has named its Perth-based spin-off company, appointing Graham Kerr as its chief executive.

December 1, 2014

New low in oil prices drags BHP Billiton stock below 2009 levels

The stock closed in Sydney below the $30 mark, which is the lowest it has traded in the last five years.

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 26, 2014

Police and protestors clash at Ivanhoe mine in South Africa

Locals were protesting the imminent construction of Platreef platinum mine.