Chile’s copper miners still making money despite price collapse
Official figures contradict recent local reports showing that most copper miners in the country are barely breaking even at current metal prices.
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This was the top-performing mining commodity of 2015
Despise missing expectations for the year, uranium was one of the very few commodities to experience gains this year.
Former Aussie coal magnate Nathan Tinkler buys Anglo American mine
The Dartbrook coal mine has been mothballed since 2006, when Anglo placed it in care and maintenance.
U.S. coal industry on track for record low in mining deaths
In late December, there were 11 deaths in coal mines nationwide for the year, putting the industry on track to best the record low of 16 set in 2014.
Warm weather threatens vital ice road for Canada’s remote diamond mines
Unseasonably warm weather has set back ice formation on one of Canada's most unique ice road.
The world’s 10 driest mines
Average annual precipitation at many of these mines is zero.
Freeport-McMoRan chairman resigns, shares plummet
The company's co-founder James Moffett will step down as chairman and quit the board.
Sirius Minerals to supply 500,000 tonnes of fertilizer a year to Chinese firm
The offtake deal with Huaken International is for seven years from the moment the York Potash mine is up and running.
Mining projects worth $56 billion to come on stream in Peru beginning 2016
China is currently the top investor in the country's sector, pumping $19.2 billion into several copper, gold and silver projects.
