January 19, 2015

Turquoise Hill output at higher end of target

Higher grades boost fourth quarter production despite concentrator fire at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia.

January 19, 2015

Fish sperm a ‘key ingredient’ to recycling rare earth elements

Japanese scientists have developed a process that uses salmon sperm to mine and reprocess rare earth elements (REEs).

January 19, 2015

ArcelorMittal sells its coal mines to Russia’s National Fuel Company

The assets include the coal mines of Berezovskaya and Pervomaskaya, which together produce 700,000 tonnes of coal a year.

January 19, 2015

Goldcorp strikes $440 million deal for Probe Mines

The move will see the miner taking control of the Borden Gold project in northern Ontario.

January 15, 2015

These are the top 10 global mining trends for 2015

Price volatility, geopolitical turmoil, rising costs, declining grades and a general lack of financing will make of 2015 another challenging year for the sector.

January 15, 2015

Shanghai gold deals get a boost as WGC sets bullion free trade zone

The World Gold Council (WGC) and the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) have signed memorandum of understanding on a comprehensive strategic gold cooperation agreement.

January 15, 2015

Adani’s $15bn coal mine in Australia facing fresh legal challenges

An environmental group is attempting to radically change the way mining projects are assessed with a court case involving Adani's controversial coal mining complex in Queensland.

January 15, 2015

Top 10 copper mines plunge $134 billion in value

Over just two days the copper price rout has slashed $134 billion off the value of the reserves of the world's largest producers.

January 14, 2015

Freeport, Glencore lead stocks bloodbath driven by copper collapse

Copper tumbled Wednesday to fresh six-year lows, dipping below $5,500 a tonne. Stocks in miners of the industrial metal are getting hammered.

January 14, 2015

Rio Tinto in talks to ship uranium to India

Ceo Sam Walsh has said the firm expects to start exporting Australian uranium to India by 2017.