Now on! Rare earth clearance sale
Talk of a bottom in rare earth prices seems premature as China's magnet factories run at 40% capacity.
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Teck selects BMT’s innovative payload monitoring system
BMT WBM, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced its latest project with Canada’s largest mining company, Teck Resources, to deliver its Pulse TerraMetrix RS system.
South Africa union fears ‘jobs bloodbath’ after Lonmin precedent
A bad choice of words.
One dead in clash near Barrick Peru mine, operations halted
Canada's Barrick Gold has temporarily suspended operations at its Pierina mine in Northern Peru after violence between a nearby community and police left one person dead and four seriously injured.
BHP ditches another three coal projects
BHP Billiton has added three new names to its growing list of shelved coal mine projects as it defers its Red Hill and Saraji East coal projects.
Freeport asked to up Indonesian royalties to 10%
Freeport currently pays 3.5% for mining copper in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, and 1% for gold.
Once again Canada leads worldwide mining M&A
Takeovers and mergers in the global mining sector has slowed radically this year as a result of lower commodity prices, but Canadian companies continue leading worldwide mergers and acquisitions.
Drilling and initial resources kept mining suppliers steady in the last two months
Overall activity in the supply pipeline declined only slightly in July and August, said Thursday Halifax-based Metals Economics Group’s (MEG), as downward pressure due to ongoing financing difficulties was again mitigated by strong numbers of initial resource announcements and drilling activity.
Canpotex secures potash demand from Indonesia
North American potash selling consortium, Canpotex, will be shipping larger amounts of the fertilizer to Indonesia after the five-year potash supply deal signed Tuesday between the offshore selling agency and Southeast Asian buyers.