July 23, 2013

More headaches for Barrick: Chile’s indigenous group appeals Pascua-Lama ruling

The Diaguita community has asked the country’s Supreme Court to revoke Barrick's environmental license for the mine.

July 23, 2013

Randgold to pour first gold at DRC’s Kibali Mine

Kibali Mine to start producing in October.

July 23, 2013

Metso speeds up the performance of Altay Polimetally’s new copper mine with an energy efficient, quick-to-install grinding solution

Kazakhstan-based Altay Polimetally places its fourth order with Metso

July 23, 2013

RPM Announces Commodity-Specific Scheduling Solution for Open Cut Coal

RungePincockMinarco (RPM) has today launched Open Cut Coal XPAC Solution, a mine planning software product focused entirely on the intricacies of scheduling an open cut coal mine.

July 23, 2013

Promon implements AVEVA software on major Brazilian mining project

AVEVA NET and AVEVA PDMS successfully deployed on Project Vanadio enabling Integrated Project Execution

July 23, 2013

The end of the Chinese economic miracle?

Bad news for the mining sector if so.

July 23, 2013

Lucara hunts for new properties in Africa, set to sell rare pink diamond

Miner has become the third-best performer this year among publicly traded Canadian metal and mining firms.

July 23, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: The 10 most expensive diamonds in the world

The most expensive of all, the Kohinoor, is worth over US$15 billion.

July 23, 2013

Job cuts in Australia’s coal sector climb to 11,000

Peabody Energy added 170 positions to the list of lost coal jobs in Down Under.

July 23, 2013

Copper costs up, grades down: Metals Economics Group

New copper mine capital costs up by 15% per year over the past 20 years.