April 7, 2015

Mongolia halts landmark deal with foreign firms over massive coal mine

The country's parliament decided Tavan Tolgoi needs the approval of legislators before going ahead.

April 6, 2015

Barrick hints at Mick Davis deal

Sounds like just about everyone in mining is hoping to get into bed with Mick Davis and his $5.6 billion.

April 6, 2015

North Korea to extract maximum benefit from rare earth resources

Many countries, notably China, Japan and South Korea, are scrambling for the abundant rare earth resources of North Korea, enabling the Kim Jong-un regime to extract maximum economic and political…

April 6, 2015

Turquoise Hill surges after Oyu Tolgoi expansion okayed

After two years of bitter wrangling Mongolian cabinet approves Vancouver firm's $5 billion expansion of massive copper-gold mine in Gobi desert.

April 6, 2015

A voyage to Baotou: world’s biggest supplier of rare earth minerals

"Hell on earth."

April 5, 2015

Iron ore plunge to blow $3.6B hole in WA budget

Iron ore producers and investors aren't the only ones getting hurt by the continuing weakness in the iron ore price.

April 4, 2015

Barrick settles remaining claims by women concerning Porgera mine

Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX, TSX:ABX) has settled claims with 11 women from Papua New Guinea who had alleged acts of sexual violence against them, including rape, at the Porgera mine in…

April 3, 2015

Mongolia greatly responsible for Rio’s Oyu Tolgoi troubles – PM

Prime Minister Chimed Saikhanbileg said Friday his country should take charge of how long a dispute a expansion of the copper and gold mine has taken.

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

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%.