Iron ore, copper price plunge brings carnage to mining stocks
Worries about Chinese economy and rising tension surrounding North Korea brings fear trade to mining and industrial metals.
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Brazil suspends Belo Sun’s gold mine licence, stock collapses
The company's Volta Grande project is posed to become the country's largest gold mine.
Alaska approves key permit for Pebble copper-gold mine, with conditions
Permit allows Northern Dynasty to work in the area for the next 12 months, but it includes requirements for state inspections, as well as an unprecedented $2 million guarantee as back stop for exploration clean-up.
BHP brands Elliott’s overhaul proposals as flawed, costly
Activist investor Elliott's proposals to break up BHP are riddled with “major flaws” and could end up costing far more to implement than they would save, the company said.
Iron ore market keeps getting uglier — prices at lowest since November
The commodity is now trading below $70 a tonne and has just suffered its largest one-day percentage decline in over a year.
Trevali Mining making all the right moves
Trevali keeps its eye on being THE "pure play" solution as it moves toward closing the agreement with Glencore International to acquire the Rosh Pinah and Perkoa zinc mines.
Fresh Cariboo drilling gives Barkerville shares another leg up
Vancouver junior is up 70% in a month after a string of positive updates from its flagship Cariboo gold project in British Columbia.
Lead price boost as deficits set to widen
New report says despite a slowdown in China, falling mine production will push lead prices higher over the next five years.
Water scarcity, pollution to take shine off Latin American mining sector
In addition to raising costs for miners and delaying certain projects, the focus on the amount of water used by the extraction industry in the region will boost social pressure and anti-mining sentiment, experts say.
