May 24, 2017

Shell speeds up exit from oil sands, selling stake in Canadian Natural Resources

Transaction could become one of the country’s one of the biggest-ever equity sales.

May 23, 2017

China’s Zijin pays off stake in Ivanhoe’s Congo copper project

Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin each hold now an indirect 39.6% interest in the Kamoa-Kakula project, thought to be Africa's most significant deposit of the red metal ever found.

May 23, 2017

Low copper prices force Codelco to revise underground expansion of Chuquicamata

Modifications seek to simplify aspects of the project originally approved in 2010 in order to optimize mineral handling.

May 23, 2017

Dominion Diamond to seek permits for underground project at Ekati in Q3

The project, called Misery Deep, will require an investment of $6 million in 2018, $69 million in 2019 and $19 million in 2020.

May 22, 2017

Report blasts Antofagasta’s Minera Los Pelambres

Two days before Antofgasta's annual general meeting in London, an 18-pages long report by the London Mining Network slams Los Pelambres' environmental record.

May 22, 2017

Diamond ring bought for £10 now worth thousands

The owner had no idea if the ring had any intrinsic value at all.

May 22, 2017

Rio Tinto launches new debt reduction programme

The company said that today’s announcement is part of its ongoing capital management plan.

May 21, 2017

Ukraine says no to Russian coal, gas – favours nuclear power

In spite of a blockade on shipments of anthracite coal from occupied Donbas to Ukrainian thermal power plants (TPPs) since this past winter, the country has thus far avoided blackouts.

May 21, 2017

Drilling begins on property adjacent to 125,000-oz Kyrgyzstan gold mine

Initial drilling is designed to intersect an area which was previously drilled in the former Soviet republic between 1970 and 1990.

May 19, 2017

BSGR may have to pay $1.2bn for no show at Simandou-related hearing

The company, which could lose the arbitration as a result, will have to pay the amount to former partner Vale.