February 3, 2017

CFO Eeva Sipilä appointed Deputy to the CEO of Metso

Metso Corporation's stock exchange release on February 3, 2017 at 8:30 EET

February 3, 2017

Freeport may curb Indonesia operations if Grasberg deal delayed further

Miner says that each month of delay in obtaining approval to export means production would be reduced by 70 million pounds of copper and 70,000 ounces of gold.

February 3, 2017

US mulls scaling back ‘conflict minerals’ rule

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reconsidering the rule, which requires companies to trace and report whether their products contain minerals from a war-torn part of Africa.

February 3, 2017

Kumba Iron Ore settles tax dispute in South Africa

The miner, Africa's largest iron ore producer, will pay R2.5 billion, considerably less than the original R6.5 billion it had been asked to cough up.

February 2, 2017

PotashCorp miners trapped underground after fire at Rocanville potash mine

No injuries were reported and work resumed the next day.

February 2, 2017

South African judge clears path for Ivanhoe Mines’ Platreef mine development

Judge revoked an interim order that prevented the company from relocating graves present at its Platreef platinum group metals mine, in Limpopo Province.

February 2, 2017

Metso extends McHale role

Metso distributor in Ireland, McHale Plant Sales, has had their role on behalf of the Finnish crushing equipment manufacturer extended, little more than one year after they were first appointed…

February 2, 2017

Denmark’s largest energy firm to ditch coal by 2023

Coal consumption had been cut by 73% since 2006, Dong Energy said, and its power stations would replace the fossil fuel with sustainable biomass.

February 2, 2017

Coal use in Europe on its way out — report

Coal generation in Europe is falling and will continue to do so due to competition from cleaner energy sources and governments efforts to cut emissions, a study by The Economist…

February 1, 2017

Did this financier just call the end of the mining rally?

Private equity firm Orion selling $1 billion worth of royalty, streaming and offtake assets covering gold, silver, base metals and diamonds.