Copper price hits fresh 3-year high as output at world’s top producer falls
Chile's state-owned Codelco reports over 5% drop in first half copper production, rising costs.
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Newly IPO’d Fireweed Zinc talks about its Yukon project
The Canadian junior recently started a six-week drilling program at its Macmillan Pass Project located 200 kilometres northeast of the town of Ross River in Yukon
Canada’s Gran Colombia Gold resumes operations at strike-hit Segovia mine
While production in August was below normal due to the ongoing disruptions to the company’s operations, Gran Colombia expects to meet its annual production guidance for 2017 of 150,000 to 160,000 ounces of gold.
How EIA guestimates keep oil prices subdued
The EIA has once again undercut its previous estimates for U.S. oil production, offering further evidence that the U.S. shale industry is not producing as much as everyone thinks.
De Beers diamond sales down 20% on earlier Diwali
The world’s largest rough diamond producer by value reported provisional revenue of $505 million compared with $639 million in the same period a year earlier.
Philippines’ President says open-pit mining ban should stay
Rodrigo Duterte said ban should remain in place given the environmental damage it causes, but noted he would give companies time to find alternative mining methods.
China’s Yunnan province starts safety checks on metals plants
Those that do not pass the tests will have to make necessary improvements by the end of December or face closure.
Indian uranium mine becomes dark matter lab
India’s very first uranium mine now hosts a laboratory for conducting experiments in fundamental physics
Gold prices near 12-month high
Gold prices jumped to their highest in almost a year as a weaker dollar and escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea
