October 18, 2016 Thermal coal just hit $100 per tonne and may stay this high until 2017 The last time prices for the commodity were this high was in 2012.
October 18, 2016 Yamana Gold set to spin off Brazilian unit as separate public company The miner plans using proceeds from the exercise of the purchase rights and any direct sales of Brio shares to reduce debt.
October 18, 2016 Congo’s cobalt production set to soar despite claims of child labour Last year, the country's cobalt production accounted for just over half of the world's output.
October 18, 2016 Major operational overhaul planned for KSM copper, gold mine Higher upfront costs but better ROI on massive gold-copper mine: Seabridge Gold.
October 17, 2016 Miners still sceptical that coal surge will hold Prices rose after China — the world’s biggest consumer and producer — cut its output.
October 17, 2016 Peruvian farmer who died in protest against MMG’s Las Bambas mine was shot to death — Gov’t He is the first person to die in clashes over mining under new President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
October 17, 2016 Metso supplies key equipment to one of world’s largest greenfield copper projects To Qulong in China’s western Tibet Autonomous Region.
October 17, 2016 Kimberley Process chairman wants UN involvement in supervising global diamond trade Ahmed bin Sulayem says a well-structured permanent body able to take over the work currently done by volunteers is urgently needed.
October 17, 2016 Caterpillar CEO Oberhelman to step down in March Jim Umpleby, group president for energy and transportation, will succeed Oberhelman as chief executive.
October 17, 2016 The mining community now has its own social media site — PeopleMine PeopleMine seeks to connect individuals who work, or aim to do so, in the resources sector.
Titan Mining starts graphite production at New York plant Milestone marks the first step in re-establishing a domestic natural graphite supply chain in the US for the first time in 70 years. January 26, 2026 | 04:15 pm
