July 14, 2016 Peregrine Diamonds to focus on $95 million all-weather road before moving ahead with Nunavut mine The Chidliak mine, in Canada’s Nunavut, is expected to produce around 12 million carats during its 10-year lifespan.
July 14, 2016 BHP unlikely to reopen Samarco this year amid Brazil’s criminal probe The firm said about 40% of its Brazilian workforce would take voluntary redundancy to reflect reduced production.
July 14, 2016 Weak potash prices force Mosaic to idle Colonsay mine, hundreds laid off The company has set Jan. 3 as the restart date for the mine, but that may change based on market conditions.
July 13, 2016 Queensland mining industry backs action to fix coal worker health screening Queensland has released a final report into the re-emergence of coal worker pneumoconiosis, which confirms that a health screening system thought to protect underground coal workers has failed.
July 13, 2016 Diamond giant Alrosa unearths massive 214.65-carat rock It measures 42.11 by 34.26 by 16.07 mm, and is translucent with a grey hue.
July 13, 2016 Arizona court hands key legal victory to Hudbay’s Rosemont copper project Air quality control permit yanked last year has been reinstated.
July 13, 2016 Chinese Gov’t official appointment to Teck Resources board raises questions Watchdog worried about sovereignty issues in the country’s resource sector.
July 13, 2016 Coal India, Gov’t unfairly snapped up lands for mine expansions — Amnesty Coal India, which produces more than 80% of the country’s coal, plans to increase annual output to about 1 billion tonnes in the next four years.
July 13, 2016 Silver jumps 50 percent, but beware the devil’s metal The precious metal has nearly doubled its value so far this year, but history shows investors hoping to hop aboard the bandwagon should be wary.
July 12, 2016 Metso divests its head office property Metso has today sold its head office property located at Fabianinkatu 9, Helsinki, Finland, to Genesta's Nordic property fund, for a debt-free price of EUR 19.6 million.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
