November 9, 2016 First Majestic hits fresh silver production record, revenue jumps 78 pct Output of the precious metal in the three months to Sep. 30 increased 20% to 3.1 million ounces — a new quarterly record.
November 9, 2016 Rio Tinto energy and minerals chief suspended over Simandou bribery claims Alan Davies suspended after miner found payments made to consultant in 2011, when he was in charge of the iron ore project.
November 9, 2016 Former Canadian Mint employee guilty of smuggling $165K of gold Leston Lawrence, 35, stole 22 gold pucks by carrying them in his rectum to evade metal detectors.
November 8, 2016 Major Aussie miners BHP, Hancock to mine in Ecuador — report Ecuador began last month granting licences for new exploration areas, with over 300 of them to be awarded by the year-end.
November 8, 2016 Dominion moves headquarters to Calgary in cost-cutting effort The move comes on the heels of a similar decision by De Beers Canada, which moved its headquarters from Toronto to Calgary in July.
November 8, 2016 Gold demand plummets as central banks, consumers hold off — WGC Consumer demand for jewellery, coins and bars, dropped by a quarter as high prices slowed down acquisitions from top consumers China and India. Investments, however, were up by 44%.
November 8, 2016 Japex postpones oil sands expansion project to mid-2017 Move will push up costs by Cdn$250 million ($187M).
November 7, 2016 Atlas Copco goes cabless Atlas Copco has just introduced the PV 275 CA, which is a fully autonomous and cab-less Pit Viper 275 blasthole drill.
November 7, 2016 Canada’s Quebec injects $130M into Tata Steel Quebec-Labrador iron ore project Financing consisted of a loan of $50 million from Investissement Quebec along with $125 million for an 18% equity stake in TSMC through Ressources Quebec.
November 7, 2016 Chinese coking coal futures hit the roof The most-traded coking coal for January delivery on the Dalian Commodity Exchange soared 10% to 1,516 yuan ($224) a tonne, a record high.
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
