June 15, 2016 Kyrgyzstan ratchets up dispute against Canada’s Centerra Gold President Almazbek Atambayev has ordered state prosecutors to review the legality of agreements signed with the company in 2003-2004 and 2009.
June 15, 2016 Global upstream investment slashed by US$1 trillion since the oil price drop Wood Mackenzie expects to see further cuts throughout the year and investment levels continue to shrink as more projects are dropped and companies struggle to breakeven.
June 13, 2016 Glencore: Massive investment in coal mines needed Up to 1 billion tonne annual supply gap in seaborne coal by 2030 if no new mines are built according to climate change report by Swiss mining, trading giant.
June 13, 2016 Turquoise Hill soars on Rio Tinto increasing stake rumours The mining giant is said to have hired Goldman Sachs as an adviser to look at a two-step wrap-up of the Vancouver-based firm.
June 13, 2016 Luxembourg invests heavily in space mining First time a country partners with privates to boost the development of the industry.
June 10, 2016 Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel on uranium market transformation "The long-term market where normally about 150–160m pounds were traded each year – in the last three or four years it’s been about a one third of that."
June 9, 2016 Chinese miners eye Glencore’s Kazakh gold operation Zhongjin Gold Corp., Shandong Gold Mining Co. and Zijin Mining Group Co. said to be among potential bidders.
June 9, 2016 Australia recovers lost ground, named world’s top mining investment destination Canada slipped in the Fraser Institute’s global ranking, while Chile remains the most attractive jurisdiction in Latin America.
June 8, 2016 Study of private investors shows how risky mining can be For private capital mining and metals is the riskiest natural resources sector – but only energy beats the returns.
June 8, 2016 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.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
