March 9, 2016 KGHM, Sumitomo face fine, licence withdrawal over environmental breaches in Chile The infractions include not implementing measures to control emissions, altering the natural habitat for native wildlife, and operating a tailings dam in an unauthorized fashion.
March 9, 2016 PDAC 2016: Zijin eyes further global growth after landmark deals last year Zijin has been looking abroad for gold and copper acquisitions for more than a decade, but has been a very active buyer over just the past few years.
March 9, 2016 Gold prices hit by profit taking, stronger dollar Spot gold was last down $8.40 at $1,254.10 an ounce in New York, having hit a three-day low earlier in the session at $1,251.83 an ounce.
March 9, 2016 MMG swings to loss and books $784 million write down The overseas unit of China’s largest state-owned copper and zinc producer is the latest victim of a sustained rout in metal prices.
March 9, 2016 World’s second-largest diamond to go under the hammer uncut The rock, discovered by Lucara in Botswana last year, is second in size only to the Cullinan diamond in the British Crown jewels.
March 9, 2016 Slowing Chinese demand of coal to hurt Mongolia — BMI The ramp up in Mongolian coal production will be faced with decreasing demand from China, the major importer of Mongolian coking coal.
March 9, 2016 Gold’s best start since 1974 shows not just inflation hedge As deflation looms, metal has not done this well in 42 years.
March 8, 2016 Biggest fall in Chinese exports in seven years hits UK mining shares Official figures released in Beijing showed that exports in February were down 25.4% on a year earlier, the worst performance since May 2009
March 8, 2016 Teck CEO shoots down speculation about Fort Hills oil sands stake Ceo Don Lindsay said the expenses being incurred on the project act as a tax shelter for the cash flow currently being generated by Teck’s coal and copper mines.
March 8, 2016 Vale-Fortescue iron ore pact a win-win deal — analysts Long-term, the deal could be viewed as the first step of a more disciplined approach to iron ore supply by aligning two of the world’s “big four” producers of the…
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