China shocker drops copper price to 6-year low
Biggest drop in Chinese industrial profits on record spills red ink on mining stock boards – Freeport down 10% in massive volumes.
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Glencore’s ugly, ugly drop
30% tumble.
Alcoa splits company to emphasize technology business
The mining side will keep the Alcoa name.
Caterpillar’s mining VP steps down
Curfman joined Caterpillar in 1994.
Watch a front-facing excavator right a dump truck
It looks like they have done this before.
These six gold companies could create exceptional wealth sooner than you think: Jeb Handwerger
For smart investors watching the gold-Dow ratio rather than mainstream media headlines, this is an exciting time to be a precious metals investor.
Zinc scrapes 5-year low
The price has dropped 33 percent in five months.
Cigar Lake mine officially starts production
Saskatchewan mine is the second largest high-grade undeveloped uranium deposit in the world.
Alberta to consider mountaintop coal mine for company facing environmental probe
Alberta’s energy regulator is about to consider a plan for a large mountaintop coal mine at the same time it investigates the proponent for possibly fouling a crucial spawning stream for endangered trout.