June 23, 2015

Chile may revoke Teck’s copper mine permit over environmental breaches

Teck is facing sanctions over infractions that include openings in the deposit where the ore is stored and a failure to build sufficient water infrastructure.

June 23, 2015

Australia’s Paladin Energy gets historic ok to run uranium mine in Canada

Until now Canadian companies needed to have at least 51% stake in any uranium project.

June 23, 2015

Firestone Diamonds delays Lesotho mine launch

Adverse weather conditions and the need to shift more earth than previously anticipated have also added $13 million to overall costs.

June 22, 2015

Kameron Collieries closer to reopen massive coal mine in Canada’s Nova Scotia

In recent months the mine has been pumped out and now the company is working on fixing existing power lines and bringing equipment to the site.

June 22, 2015

Glencore to pay new entity in global chain to market coal

Swiss-based mining giant Glencore says it will pay a new entity within its global chain to market and distribute its coal as it moves to close its Singapore office.

June 22, 2015

Uralkali may delist before year-end ahead of imminent merger — report

The world's largest potash miner is said to be mulling a merger with Uralchem, one of its main shareholders.

June 22, 2015

US regulator drops probe on Gold Fields’ South Deep BEE deal

The probe focused on a 2010 deal through which the company gave a 9% of its South Deep mine to a group of black investors in order to meet government’s…

June 22, 2015

Zijin goes after Aussie gold miner in overseas buying spree

The Chinese firm already mines gold next door to a Phoenix deposit.

June 19, 2015

Galantas receives planning permit for Omagh underground gold mine

The positive decision is the result of 3 years of examination of environmental and other factors regarding the application.

June 19, 2015

Irish company discovers gold target at home

Four gold-in-soil samples in the anomaly were above 20ppb gold and a further five above 10ppb gold.