January 26, 2015 The bottom is falling out of the iron ore price Down 4% to fresh five-and-half year low.
January 26, 2015 Undisclosed number of diamonds stolen from South African mine Sixteen men, who failed to access a safe, broke into a room used for sorting diamonds near Prieska Monday morning.
January 23, 2015 Anglo hit by platinum, iron ore units lower earnings outlooks The miner shed over 3.7% after two of its business divisions — Amplats and Kumba — warned they expected full-year earnings to shrink more than previously flagged.
January 22, 2015 Peruvian rare earth discovery richer than initially thought Geology consultants leading the project found the rare earth claim has the highest range of rare earth metals in Peru.
January 21, 2015 Eldorado Gold down 18% on awful outlook Vancouver gold miner forecasts minimum 80,000oz dip in output this year even as costs at mines in Greece, Turkey and China surge as much as 28%.
January 21, 2015 Gold climbed past the $1,300 mark for first time in five months But it lost its gains right after two ECB officials said policy makers would propose purchasing 50 billion euros in assets per month through the end of 2016.
January 21, 2015 Global mining sector ended 2014 on a disappointing note: report December is a period that sees lower levels of exploration and resource announcements, and last month was every bit as disappointing as expected, an SNL report shows.
January 20, 2015 Canpotex secures potash demand from China in deal with Sinofert Minimum of 1.9 million metric tons of red standard-grade potash over three years.
January 20, 2015 Glencore likely to slash spending on coal, oil — HSBC The global miner and commodities has estimated spending on oil projects for this year and next of $2 billion and $1 billion on coal expansions.
January 20, 2015 Rio Tinto digging up more iron ore despite slumping prices The world’s second largest iron ore miner is targeting a 18% output increase this year, adding to a mounting global glut that has driven down the commodity price.
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