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.
January 19, 2015 Eric Coffin: is market sentiment shifting to gold? So where do investors go looking for returns? Eric Coffin suggests gold, both bullion and stocks.
January 19, 2015 ArcelorMittal sells its coal mines to Russia’s National Fuel Company The assets include the coal mines of Berezovskaya and Pervomaskaya, which together produce 700,000 tonnes of coal a year.
January 19, 2015 Most copper producers in Zambia losing money — Chamber of Mines The situation may soon change, as authorities have began talks with the country’s top miners, signalling the possibility of a compromise over the country’s new tax regime.
January 19, 2015 Goldcorp strikes $440 million deal for Probe Mines The move will see the miner taking control of the Borden Gold project in northern Ontario.
January 16, 2015 Former Anglo American executive accused of $9.8 million fraud The miner is now accusing him of 'misappropriating' $9.8 million, more than twice as much as previously thought.
January 16, 2015 Former Barrick Gold chief the new owner of Iamgold’s Niobec mine in Quebec This is Aaron Regent’s first acquisition since founding Toronto-based Magris Resources.
January 16, 2015 Cameco’s Cigar Lake to produce 6-8 million pounds in 2015 The Canadian company, the world's third-biggest uranium miner, expects the mine to reach full production of 18 million pounds per year in 2018.
January 16, 2015 Lust for gold eating up the world’s last rainforests: study Artisanal and illegal gold mining is fast extending its destructive reach into some of the world’s most untouched landscapes.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
