February 14, 2017 Kumba’s earnings doubled on higher prices, cost cutting measures The Anglo American's unit logged earnings of $607 million for 2016, basically double the $304 million it recorded in 2015.
February 14, 2017 Freeport halts Grasberg mine, begins sending workers home The firm has not been able to ship copper from the mine in over a month due to a ban on concentrate exports that kicked in on January 12.
February 13, 2017 Weak finish for the Canadian Mining Eye Index in Q4 — EY EY’s Canadian Mining Eye index declined 13% in the last quarter last year as weak gold and nickel prices offset copper and zinc gains.
February 13, 2017 Gold miners hammered by metal’s biggest one-day loss this month Shares in most gold miners fell Monday as the precious metal price dropped more than 1% in early trading and was steadily heading to its largest single-session loss of the…
February 13, 2017 Oreninc Index rebounds as cash pours into juniors It rebounded in the week ending February 10, 2017 to 90.26 from 76.28 the previous week.
February 13, 2017 Newcrest doubles first-half profit, to pay divvy The miner attributed the good results to higher metals prices, increased gold and copper output and productivity improvements.
February 13, 2017 Iron ore soars past $92 a tonne, highest price in 2.5 years Prices for the steelmaking commodity have more than doubled in value over the past year following near-decade lows of $38 a tonne in December 2015.
February 13, 2017 McEwen Mining keeps growing, buys exploration junior Lexam VG The proposed friendly acquisition will give McEwen access to advanced exploration stage properties located in the heart of Timmins Gold Camp, northern Ontario.
February 12, 2017 Finland inks $266 million deal to revitalize Europe’s largest nickel mine A large but troubled nickel mine in Finland may be back on the road to profitability thanks to a recent deal that saw commodities trader Trafigura take a 15.5 percent…
February 10, 2017 DR Congo’s perfect storm A leaked White House memo, which outlines the suspension of a portion of the Dodd-Frank rule on ‘conflict minerals’, will exacerbate already high levels of violence in DR Congo.
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