May 3, 2017 Philippines shows anti-mining environment minister the door Congress decision puts and end to a 10-month tenure during which Regina Lopez ordered the closure of more than half the country's mines and banned open-pit mining.
May 2, 2017 PNG autonomous region lifts mining ban, but excludes controversial Panguna An autonomous region of Papua New Guinea has lifted a ban on mining that has been in place since 1971 - but it will not allow the restart of the…
May 2, 2017 Australian officials slam banks decision to refuse backing country’s largest coal project The lenders’ move follow a decision by Australia’s second-largest bank Westpac to only fund new projects in existing, rather than new, coal basins as part of its new climate policy.
May 1, 2017 US DoE delivers big boost to uranium price US Dept of Energy makes huge cuts to allowable transfers of uranium this year and in 2018.
April 28, 2017 Sprott Monthly Market Update with Rick Rule: This bull market is in its infancy, a lot of money is about to be made! Rick sees a very interesting market, which flirted with an upside breakout, that failed.
April 27, 2017 Philippines extends mining ban, now forbids open-pits Prohibition only affects planned mines, not the ones currently in operations, but it will take effect immediately.
April 27, 2017 Vale’s first quarter profit lower than expected as rains hurt iron ore output Net income totalled $2.5 billion, compared with profit of $525 million in the prior three months and almost $1.8 billion a year earlier.
April 26, 2017 BHP puts US shale assets back on the block amid investors pressure The miner said decision was unrelated to Elliott Management's call earlier this month to unlock shareholder value by spinning off about $22 billion of BHP's US oil assets.
April 25, 2017 Freeport shares off to the races on Grasberg update World's top listed copper miner cuts production outlook for the year, but impact of dispute with Jakarta more contained than thought.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
