Ship laden with Arctic nickel on historic Northwest Passage voyage The polar class vessel is loaded with a cargo of nickel concentrate from Nunavik’s Deception Bay destined for the port of Bayuquan, northern China. Frik Els | October 3, 2014 | 7:51 pm
U.S. sees drop in coal exports in 2014 During the first half of 2014, US exports of the fossil fuel totalled 52.3 million short tons (MMst), 16% below the same period in 2013. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2014 | 5:49 pm
Former Barrick chief buys Iamgold mine This is the first asset Aaron Regent's private equity firm acquires, after failing to buy Glencore’s Las Bambas copper project in Peru. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2014 | 4:56 pm
Gold, silver, oil collapse after jobs report US dollar at a four-year high versus the Canadian dollar. Michael Allan McCrae | October 3, 2014 | 4:10 pm
Glencore now idles zinc mine in Zambia over tax refund row The company is cutting 169 jobs at the mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2014 | 3:51 pm
BHP Billiton Donates US$400,000 to Ebola Response in West Africa In response to the widespread devastation caused by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities has donated US$400,000 to the Pooled World Health Organisation (WHO) Ebola Response fund. BHP Billiton | October 3, 2014 | 3:37 pm
Blockade lifted at Freeport Grasberg mine in Indonesia Operations, however, won’t resume until at least Oct. 7. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2014 | 11:40 am
Gold prices hurting miners? Throw Ebola into the mix Deutsche Bank warned Friday that gold producers are the most vulnerable to a further spread of the deadly disease. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2014 | 10:23 am
Sandvik AB – Nomination Committee for the 2015 Annual General Meeting The Nomination Committee has now been appointed. Sandvik | October 2, 2014 | 11:21 pm