Teck swings to profit in Q4 but misses expectations The firm, North America's No.1 producer of coking coal, benefitted from the price rally — steelmaking coal climbed 155.5% to $207 in the quarter. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2017 | 6:45 am
China may tighten up coal output curbs again as prices collapse Restrictions would remain in place for six months, with some mines and areas possibly excluded. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2017 | 4:02 am
Northern Dynasty stock hammered by short-seller report Shares in the Canadian miner behind the stalled Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska nosedived after a report branded the venture as “worthless.” Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2017 | 2:09 am
Coking coal resumes sharp decline Down 4.7% on Tuesday to five-month low as ultra-cheap Mongolian coal gets trucked into market. Frik Els | February 14, 2017 | 4:19 pm
The Ellis Martin report interview with Simon Moores Join me for a conversation with Simon Moores, an analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a London-based consulting and research firm focusing on niche critical and industrial minerals and metals. Ellis Martin Report | February 14, 2017 | 10:49 am
Striking workers at BHP’s Escondida mine accept Gov’t mediation The meeting is not a return to mediation but an attempt to agree to return to the negotiating table, the union said. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2017 | 8:13 am
Kumba’s earnings doubled on higher prices, cost cutting measures The Anglo American's unit logged earnings of $607 million for 2016, basically double the $304 million it recorded in 2015. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2017 | 6:43 am
Freeport halts Grasberg mine, begins sending workers home The firm has not been able to ship copper from the mine in over a month due to a ban on concentrate exports that kicked in on January 12. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2017 | 4:49 am
Another large diamond dug from Lulo Big, valuable gemstones that may eventually get cut into smaller diamonds keep getting discovered in Angola. Andrew Topf | February 13, 2017 | 3:53 pm