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

Oil-price Temporarily Slows Diffusion of Solar-Diesel-Hybrid Systems in the Mining Industry

Expert interviews have confirmed that influence of oil-prices is only short-term and that for the vast majority there is still an excellent business case for PV at off-grid mines

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

Tahoe’s Escobal silver mine output at high end of 2014 expectations

The mine generated 20.3 million ounces (moz) of silver contained in concentrates recovered from 1.246 million tonnes of ore at an average grade of 585 grams per tonne (gpt).

January 20, 2015

Rio Tinto’s diamond output down 14% in 2014

The company pointed to the transition of its Argyle mine from open pit to underground, as well as a shift toward processing lower-grade ore at Diavik as the main reasons…

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.

January 20, 2015

Taseko, Wilderness Committee square off in court

Wilderness Committee is in court this week defending itself against a defamation suit over the New Prosperity Mine.

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

Foreign producers struggle as China scraps rare earth import quotas

The removal of the export quotas follows a year of regulatory changes in the rare earth industry, such as the formation of the Bataou Rare Earths Products Exchange in March…

January 19, 2015

Antofagasta buys Canada’s Duluth Metals, warns lower margins ahead as copper falls

With Duluht’s acquisition, Antofagasta takes control of the Twin Metals project, located in north-eastern Minnesota, which is set to become its first operation outside Chile.