Copper to come back up way before iron ore does: OZ Minerals
The company, Australia’s third-biggest copper producer, expects digital-age related technologies to boost demand for the metal.
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Nordkalk partners with Quant to reduce overall maintenance cost
Quant has renewed a total maintenance outsourcing contract with a leading limestone product producer Nordkalk, to reduce the overall maintenance cost at their Lohja site in Finland.
Total US coal mines the lowest on record — report
The total number of operating coal mines in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since at least 1923, one of the earliest year on record, according to the Energy Information Administration.
African Potash signs supply deal with Zambia distributor
The contract will give the company, which wants to become a one-stop shop African fertilizer business, a platform to distribute the product across eastern and southern Africa.
Argentine judge lifts Barrick’s Veladero gold mine halt
He said the over 1,000 cubic metres of liquid cyanide spilled into a local river did not cause any environmental damage to justify keeping operations suspended.
From ZIRP to NIRP
The sudden end of the Fed’s ambition to raise interest rates above the zero bound, coupled with the FOMC’s minutes, which expressed concerns about emerging market economies, has got financial scribblers writing about negative interest rate policies (NIRP).
Deep-value copper call option in Montana’s rolling hills
2015 will be remembered as a period when investors could buy world-class natural resource assets for pennies on the dollar.
Argentina’s presidential candidates want mining to be platform for country’s recovery
Argentina’s presidential election, the first to be decided in a second and final round since the constitution was changed in the 1990s, will be key for the country’s economy, particularly its mining sector.
Gold stocks explode higher – Barrick up 11%
Betting the gold price has reached a turning point, investors pile into gold stocks in massive volumes.