April 3, 2015 South Africa’s Sasol coal miners seek damages over lung disease Coal miners in South Africa who worked at a unit of Sasol and contracted lung diseases filed a suit seeking damages from the company, according to their lawyer.
April 3, 2015 Zambia goes after First Quantum over layoffs Government claims it was not notified according to the law.
April 3, 2015 Mining top executives the gloomiest of all: report Despite the overall pessimism, mining CEOs remain just as confident on their own company’s growth as they were in previous years.
April 2, 2015 Chen Lin sees buying opportunity of a lifetime in energy stocks After correctly predicting $47/bbl oil last year, Chen Lin is licking his stock-picking chops at the bargains now available.
April 2, 2015 Iron ore price massacre continues Unprecedented meltdown continues as iron ore price suffers worst trading day in more than year on Thursday bringing weekly loss to eye-watering 15%.
April 1, 2015 Deutsche Bank slashes South32 valuation BHP Billiton spin-off worth just $7 billion when based on current spot prices for commodities.
March 31, 2015 Less than half of copper projects needed to meet demand New report identifies 231 existing copper projects with potential output of nearly 13m tonnes which will more than make up for long-term mine depletion.
March 31, 2015 Iron ore price enters free fall 3.6% plunge to just above $50 a tonne on Tuesday brings year to date losses to 28%.
March 31, 2015 Semafo outlines 1.1m oz gold at Burkina buy Montreal company's shares are up 26% in 3 weeks following acquisition of Natougou gold deposit in Burkina Faso after $147m takeover of Orbis Gold.
March 31, 2015 SEC tells Oxfam revision of Dodd-Frank rule on mining payments ‘not possible’ yet The SEC said a rule requiring energy and mining companies to disclose payments to governments for the extraction of natural resources won't come until —at least— spring 2016.
Precious metals extend rally as silver price surpasses $90 Spot gold hit a peak of $4,641.29 per ounce, taking its year-to-date gains to 6%. January 14, 2026 | 09:41 am