January 31, 2016

Driest mines in North America

Some of the mines on this list get less than 100 mm of precipitation per year.

January 29, 2016

World’s top 10 rookie gold mines

These high-grade mines will soon start competing with gold mining's industry leaders.

January 29, 2016

Nothing tiny about this new Lego bucket wheel excavator

It is made out of almost 4,000 pieces and includes fully-motorized features.

January 29, 2016

Endeavour Silver to slash 2016 output by over 25%

The cut-back should help the miner lower all-in sustaining costs of production and generate free cash flow.

January 29, 2016

Chinese miners rescued after 36 days trapped underground

Rescuers drilled two big holes into the tunnel to save the trapped miners, who were brought to the ground in a capsule.

January 29, 2016

Canadian miners can take Kazakhstan to court for seized assets, rules tribunal

Ruling opens door for international claims against Kazakhstan.

January 29, 2016

World’s biggest iron ore port shut as cyclone to hit Australia

BHP Billiton began evacuating workers from its Port Hedland export facilities early Friday.

January 28, 2016

International court orders bankrupt MMX to pay $7 million to Outotec

Ruling puts and end to dispute dating back to 2013.

January 28, 2016

Anglo American shares rally on iron ore output hike, cost-cutting measures

The besieged miner plans to lower costs at its iron ore mines after boosting total annual output for the steelmaking ingredient.

January 28, 2016

Russia’s Alrosa quarterly sales up 45%

Rough diamonds sales rose to 7.1 million carats in October through December. This compares with 4.9 million carats of sales in the third quarter.