May 6, 2014

South American, African mines lift Glencore Xstrata copper output

Copper has gained an increasingly important role in Glencore Xstrata's portfolio since last year’s mega merger.

May 5, 2014

Cypress Development begins drilling in Nevada

The company hopes to capitalize on the forecast increased global demand for zinc.

May 1, 2014

HudBay Minerals reports Q1 loss

The company stated this decrease was primarily due to lower sales volumes and lower copper prices compared to the first quarter of 2013.

April 29, 2014

Fortuna Silver jumps after Mexico intercepts

Vancouver-based miner's step-out drilling at producing San Jose mine shows great expansion potential.

April 28, 2014

Mick Davis wants BHP’s coal division to be cornerstone of his new mining empire

Davis’ X2 Resources has already built a war chest of almost $4 billion and is believed to be asking JPMorgan for US$8bn loan to back up a formal offer to…

April 22, 2014

Teck to axe 600 jobs, postpones Quintette coal mine restart

Weak commodity prices hurt Teck's three core business units —coal, copper and zinc— but coal was particularly hard hit due to increased supply from Australia, the company said.

April 14, 2014

Fortuna Silver jumps after breaking production records

The Vancouver-based miner's shares surge after its silver and gold properties in Mexico and Peru up production more than 50%.

April 2, 2014

BHP bullish on coal demand, but says prices to remain weak

The mining giant believes demand for coal to keep growing over the next 20 years, driven mainly by China and India.

April 1, 2014

BHP Billiton mulls spinning off non-core divisions into $18bn firm

The separate company would be listed on the London Stock Exchange, as well as the Australian and South African markets.

March 31, 2014

Mick Davis scores $3.75 billion to build new mining empire

The former Xstrata boss is already hunting for mining deals.