May 2, 2017 Greece to sell coal-fired plants, mines as part of bailout deal Athens will begin testing the waters for such sale in November, with the goal of wrapping up the sale by June 2018.
May 2, 2017 South32 buys stake in Canada’s Arizona Mining for $81 million The Perth-based miner has agreed to purchase 45 million shares of the Canadian junior at a price of $2.45 per share, or about 15% of Arizona Mining’s outstanding shares.
May 1, 2017 Record outflows from gold ETFs as price plumbs 3-week low It's been a rough set of trading sessions for the yellow metal.
May 1, 2017 Suncor Energy restarts shipments from Syncrude Mildred Lake oil sands facility Over the weekend, Syncrude completed the necessary repairs and start-up activities to begin shipping product by pipeline.
April 28, 2017 Anglo American to resume operations at El Soldado mine in Chile The company had warned it would evaluate options for the mine, including walking away form it, if it didn’t receive the necessary permits.
April 28, 2017 Stellar Diamonds jumps on Tongo-Tonguma tribute mining agreement Deal creates one of the largest diamond mines in West Africa.
April 28, 2017 Norilsk Nickel sues Botswana over thwarted mine stake deal The Russian miner wants to recover $271 million it lost when a state-backed company failed to complete the acquisition of a 50% stake in its Nkomati mine in South Africa.
April 28, 2017 BHP Billiton in ‘advanced’ talks to sell Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile The company has officially informed workers of its plans to offload the mine, noting that while there are several interested parties, the process could take months.
April 27, 2017 This Nintendo is made of 24K gold and it’s being auctioned right now A couple of video games-lovers has put one of the only 10 such consoles that were sold out last year, up for auction on eBay.
April 27, 2017 Philippines extends mining ban, now forbids open-pits Prohibition only affects planned mines, not the ones currently in operations, but it will take effect immediately.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
