FLSmidth has won a five-year contract worth approximately 190m USD (1,1bn DKK) from Minera Los Pelambres to supply maintenance services for their copper and molybdenum plant in central Chile.

Compared to the steelmakers, miners enjoyed a soft landing with profits down only 5.5%.

While the world concerns itself with the Syrian civil war and the dangers it poses for the already disturbed Middle East, little notice is taken of the conflicts affecting Africa, probably the single most complex region of the world and arguably its most troubled, warned Tuesday the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).

Vickers, CEO of  G Seven Generations Ltd., met with MINING.com to explain where the project currently stands.

Driven by several recent Discovery Channel shows dedicated to prospecting and steady gold prices of $1,600 and up per ounce, weekend placers —how they like calling themselves— have been recently wading into the state of Colorado's streams in numbers not seen before.

The Arab states of Sudan and Saudi Arabia unveiled Tuesday plans to start mining for gold, copper, silver and other riches along the Red Sea basin between the two countries as early as 2014.

South Africa’s economy continues to struggle as a consequence of the widespread strikes that have hit its mining sector since August, weighing more heavily on the economy in the third quarter than what economists had predicted.

Central bank efforts to weaken yen will spur gold demand

Senior minister says copper mine closure could trigger Chinese interference in Burma's domestic affairs