China’s copper concentrate imports surge again
Chinese smelters take in 45% more copper concentrate in May bringing year-to-date imports to whopping 6.7 million tonnes.
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Royal Mint opens gold vault to British pension investors
Pensioners allowed to buy some of the Royal Mint's gold reserves for the first time.
Cenovus shuts down oil site due to risks posed by Canada’s wildfire
About 118 staff members have been moved to nearby Wabasca by bus and helicopter as a precaution.
Gold firms gear up for growth as cost of mining the metal falls
Early signs of activity include Kinross Gold's March decision to expand its Mauritanian gold mine and Goldcorp acquisition of junior Kaminak for $520 million in May.
Afghanistan deploys security forces in large illegal mining crackdown
The country lost at least $27.5 million in revenue from lapis lazuli between 2014 and 2015. In contrast, armed groups earned about $20 million just in 2014.
This is the next major copper-gold project in South Australia
Construction at Carrapateena will commence next year, with first production in 2019.
Pharaohs’ shadow an omen in Egypt gold search
Egypt's gold mining industry has for years been long on potential and short on investment.
Iron ore jumps to two-week high
Firmly back above $50 a tonne as miners' cost deflation eases.
2016 metals, mining outlook darkens
World Bank revises down growth rate for commodity exporting countries to just 0.4%, predicts 15% decline in metal prices this year.
