Barrick to keep operating Zambia Lumwana mine
Zambian government rethinking steep royalty hikes that went into effect on January 1.
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Copper price falls as Chile brings 1.6mt back on line
Copper down nearly 2% as torrential downpour that shut many of the country's biggest mines is not expected to impact oversupplied market.
Vale CEO Murilo Ferreira to lead Petrobras
Vale's Murilo Ferreira has been nominated as Petrobras' next board chairman, while the company still scrambles to deal with the fallout from a vast corruption scandal.
Allana Potash sold to Israel Chemicals for $137 million
The deal aims to speed up development of Allana’s promising Danakil potash project, in northeast Ethiopia.
PetroChina wants to smoothly sail away from the oil sand business
The oil giant is “actively engaged” in talks to swap North American assets, mostly Canadian, with international oil companies.
Chinese miners keep digging for iron ore despite most losing money
The situation, industry officials said Friday, can’t continue for much longer.
Scepticism grows over North Korea’s massive rare earth discovery
Experts are raising questions about the legitimacy of North Korea's estimated reserves of rare earths, used from computers to cars and defense missiles.
Mine water experts gather in Vancouver
Running from April 12th to 15th.
Iron ore price output caps called ‘hare brained’
Rio's Sam Walsh says any scheme to artificially prop up prices hovering at six-year lows is "physically not going to work."
