June 2, 2016 Low coal prices force Glencore to shut Australia’s Tahmoor mine About 350 people will lose their jobs when the mine closes in early 2019.
June 2, 2016 Joy Global surprises with quarterly profit, shares jump The results, which surpassed Wall Street expectations, come on the back of a modest increase in service sales and aggressive cost cuts.
June 2, 2016 Sirius Minerals lines up contractors for huge potash mine, may lower cost estimates Sirius' mine, located beneath a U.K. national park, is set to generate an initial 10 million tonnes per year of polyhalite – a form of potash.
June 1, 2016 Iran says in talks with Rio, Glencore about copper projects Iran's national development plan targets production of 2 million tonnes of copper per year by 2025.
June 1, 2016 GRAPHIC: Uranium juniors defy bear market pricing Uranium's down more than 20% in 2016, dragging down producers. Uranium exploration stocks have moved in the opposite direction – something's gotta give.
June 1, 2016 Gold down on US manufacturing data, interest speculation While the metal lost nearly 6% in May, its biggest decline in six months, it is up about 15% so far this year.
June 1, 2016 Randgold’s Bristow sets off on another epic bike ride for Africa’s poor Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow is on a fund-raising motorbike safari, which will take him from east to west across mid-Africa.
June 1, 2016 Someone stole this $5 million diamond-encrusted gold eagle statue The golden statue was supposed to be the centrepiece of a campaign launched in conjunction with a series of books and events to raise money for cancer research.
June 1, 2016 Brazil’s mining sector to recover lost ground as iron ore, metal prices stabilize Higher gold prices will push miners to restart or speed up development of projects, leading a fresh wave of mergers and acquisitions in the country, according to BMI Research.
June 1, 2016 Vale said to have altered crucial data from dam disaster Federal investigators claim Vale modified official documents detailing the chemical composition and concentration of the mineral waste spilled.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
