Brazil tailings dam spill much smaller than original estimates
BHP Billiton said Friday the dam burst at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil released 32m cubic metres of sludge, almost half earlier estimates.
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Worst year for US mining jobs since 1986
12 straight months of losses see 129,000 positions eliminated, the deepest jobs cuts in 29 years and the third worst annual decline since 1939.
Top Chinese bank buys 1,500 tonne London gold vault
Beijing's ICBC, the world's largest bank, is also applying to become a clearing member of the $5 trillion over the counter London bullion trade.
Diamond found at Arkansas Park expected to fetch $1 million
The Esperanza Diamond, believed to be the most valuable precious rock ever discovered in the U.S., is now set into a custom-designed pendant.
India to end decades-old state monopoly on coal mining
Delhi is hoping the measure will reduce the nation’s reliance on coal imports.
Asteroid miner 3D-prints spacecraft prototype with alien metal
What Planetary Resources' 3D-printed model so impressive is the fact that it’s made entirely out of metal that’s not from Earth.
Political risk seen on the rise in these key mining markets
Major commodity-producing countries are set to remain under intense finance strain in 2016, which will increase the risk of social unrest, says Verisk Maplecroft.
Lundin could extend life of Eagle nickel, copper mine in Michigan
Lundin Mining is developing a new nickel deposit that could extend the life of its Eagle nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
China may be regretting modest forex gold buys
Given the rally in the gold price purchasing more than 19 tonnes may have cushioned the record $108 billion fall in China's forex reserves in December.