June 26, 2014

Copper price: Emptying warehouses spark red hot streak

The copper price has defied all predictions of a steep decline this year and is now honing in on 4-month high after the longest rally since 2005.

June 26, 2014

Glencore appoints Canadian as its first ever female director

Patrice Merrin, 65, is a veteran to the industry.

June 19, 2014

Aston Bay, Antofagasta ink deal to advance Storm Copper Project

MOU gives Antofagasta a path to a proposed joint venture.

June 17, 2014

Less correlation among commodities demands more careful selection: Philip Richards

Commodities from coal to gold once traded in close correlation, but today the graph looks helter-skelter.

June 16, 2014

Centamin legal fight over gold mine in Egypt set to end this year

Centamin issues in Egypt go back to 2012, when a court cancelled its mining license for Sukari, the firm’s only producing mine, and the country’s first large-scale modern gold operation.

June 11, 2014

Asteroids mined for fuel to generate trillion dollar market, says firm

Orbiting spacecraft could be refuelled with water taken from asteroids—but some experts doubt the economics.

June 10, 2014

BHP Billiton a step closer to selling-off non-core operations

World's largest mining company said to be unloading all of the non-core units acquired after the merger with Billiton 13 years ago.

June 7, 2014

Brent Cook: Exploration sector hasn’t hit bottom yet

Brent Cook from Exploration Insights chats with Cambridge House Live anchor Vanessa Collette about the state of the junior mining sector.

May 26, 2014

Junior in ‘exclusive negotiations’ with major mining company

Unnamed major has a market capitalization in excess of US$10 billion.

May 20, 2014

Community conflict can cost miners up to $20m a week

Cost cutting by mining companies may damage the viability of advancing future projects.