December 30, 2014 Iron ore price surges 5% China's $800 billion stimulus program lights fire under iron ore price on Tuesday, now up 8.5% from five-year lows a week ago.
December 30, 2014 Peru environmental agency gets tougher on miners The move aims to expedite the processing and sanction of pollution cases.
December 29, 2014 China to soon lift restrictions on rare earth exports Export taxes to remain at 15% – 25% until at least March 2015.
December 29, 2014 The top mining mergers and acquisitions of 2014 The deals that were and those that failed. Here is MINING.com’s shortlist.
December 24, 2014 Chinese copper elephant Could copper come into a major demand squeeze? Is the red metal on your radar screen? If not, it should be.
December 24, 2014 Ladies (and gentlemen) prefer coloured diamonds The market for coloured gemstones is on fire, with pink diamonds, rubies and sapphires achieving record prices. This infographic sheds some light on the situation.
December 23, 2014 Iron ore price plummets on Chinese black swan talk Iron ore price drops 3.5% Tuesday to levels last seen during the emergence of the spot market.
December 23, 2014 Myanmar villagers in tense standoff over China-backed copper mine Three people were injured after police used rubber bullets to quell protests in the same village where a woman was shot and killed yesterday, in the latest bout of violence…
December 22, 2014 One dead, 20 hurt in protests against copper mine in Myanmar The massive copper project, owned by Wanbao Mining Ltd, drew international attention in 2012 when police brutally dispersed protesters, injuring more than 100 Buddhist monks.
December 19, 2014 Apple ‘deeply offended’ by BBC documentary on its suppliers exploiting children The investigative reporting piece exposed extremely poor working conditions in factories making Apple products in China and Indonesia.
Op-ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
