Spill at Teck’s plant in Canada now contained, no risks to human health
The now contained spill, which happened at Teck's Trail smelting and refining plant in British Columbia, lasted for about 15-20 minutes.
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Dominion Diamond swings to loss, names new chairman
The miner lost $11.6 million in the fiscal 2016, compared to a profit of $170.3 million in 2015.
Did BHP just call the bottom of the mining cycle?
CEO Andrew Mackenzie said over the weekend "the commodities fall has stopped". Not only that – after recent rallies six are back in bull markets.
Gold’s historic run is coming – Nichols says
You wouldn’t know it reading the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, or the other popular investment news sources . . . but thus far this year gold prices are up some 16 percent, making the yellow metal just about the top-performing investment asset class of 2016.
Iron ore price at $59.90 as surge extends another day
China imports volumes at record setting pace.
Copper price jumps on record Chinese imports
First quarter concentrate imports are up 34% and refined metal almost 40% compared to 2015.
Gren Thomas: Mining legend talks rare earths, diamonds, and gold
Gren shares the story of his part of the discovery of diamonds in Canada which has led to a billion dollar business.
US coal giant Peabody Energy files for bankruptcy
Peabody's bankruptcy filing is one of the largest in the commodities sector since commodity prices began to fall in the middle of 2014.
Canada’s mining industry backs national carbon price
The country's largest mining companies recommend a broad-based carbon price applicable to all sectors of the economy.
