Dismal German factory data drops copper price
Copper price drops 3% to near 2009-levels after manufacturing orders from world's top machinery exporter plummets.
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Even iron ore lump prices are being crushed
Premiums for lump ore which let steelmakers lower pollution and cut costs have shrunk from $20 to just $3 a tonne.
Enbridge warns Line 9 pipeline holdups to hurt 2015 earnings
The company, Canada’s largest pipeline operator, reported a loss in the third quarter driven by both delays in completing its Line 9 project and one-time charges.
Latin America’s mining industry remains optimistic — report
Most mining companies and financiers active in Mexico, Central and South America continue to explore, develop and operate projects despite current market conditions.
The state of the diamond mining industry going into year-end 2015
So far in 2015, the state of the global diamond industry has been closely aligned with the posture of the global economy, as it so often is, and should be.
Randgold profit tumbles despite record gold production
The firm, debt-free despite current market conditions, mined a record 305,288 ounces in the third quarter, up from 299,320 a year earlier.
Old Nova Scotia tin mine could resume production in a few years
Avalon Rare Metals expects to publish the project's Preliminary Economic Assessment by the end of the month.
With KSM permits in hand, Seabridge is now set to leverage the coming bull market in gold
So now, with KSM fully permitted and greatly enhanced by the discovery of higher-grade gold and copper, and a bull market in gold now on the way, the recent strong gains made by investors in his company are likely only the beginning.
Fed inflicts more damage on gold price
Gold down $75 in a week after Fed chair Janet Yellen's hawkish congressional testimony sparks another sell-off.
