May 4, 2015 Workers end two-week long strike at BHP’s nickel mine in Colombia It's estimated that the labour action generated about US$26 million in losses, forcing BHP to declare force majeure last week.
May 3, 2015 Newmont sells NZ gold mine for $106 million Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) has sold its only mine in New Zealand, the Waihi gold mine, to OceanaGold (TSX, ASX:OGC), the companies announced last Thursday.
May 1, 2015 Former BlackRock mining fund manager joins Barrick Gold Catherine Raw, from one of the UK mining sector's best known fund managers, is assuming as the company's Business Performance Executive Vice President.
May 1, 2015 Rio Tinto ready to resume hunt for mining deals — report If the miner buys any assets this year, it would be Rio's first acquisition in about three years.
April 30, 2015 Vale falls victim of the iron ore slump, posts $3.2bn loss Today's results are the lowest earnings Vale has reported in six years and its third straight quarterly loss.
April 29, 2015 Iron ore price rally turns into dead cat bounce Iron ore price falls 4% on Wednesday as oversupply, Chinese steel fears return.
April 29, 2015 Cliffs US sales beat estimates, turns a profit in Q1 But the miner revised down its 2015 U.S. iron ore sales and production volume estimate to 20.5 million tons, from its previous guidance for 22 million tons
April 29, 2015 New highly sensitive method for detecting gold at drill sites Using advanced photonics, Dr Agneszka Zuber and Associate Professor Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem's method can find gold nanoparticules at detection limits a hundred times lower than current methods such as X-ray Diffraction…
April 29, 2015 Life beyond the boom: Aussie FIFO families brace for downturn With new rosters in place and job losses on the horizon, many in WA are asking how this will affect their home lives in coming years.
April 28, 2015 Majority of Barrick’s shareholders rejects compensation plan As much as three quarters of investors voted in favour of a non-binding motion to change the way the gold giant compensates its executives.
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
