January 13, 2016

President Obama to revamp coal industry, calls miners to ‘invest in the future’

In his final State of the Union address, Obama said companies leasing coal and oil rights on federal land should pay more for the effects those fuels have on climate…

January 13, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Animation – the most populous countries in the world, over 100 years

Today's animation shows how the world's most populous countries will change over the coming years.

January 13, 2016

Here’s how e-waste can produce more gold than mining

Fifty pounds of gold and 20,000 pounds of copper could be extracted from one million discarded cell phones, if processed properly, says academic.

January 12, 2016

Chile mulls scrapping copper funding for military

Codelco chairman, Oscar Landerretche, wants the government to scrap the country’s Copper Law, which forces the firm to give 10% of its annual export revenue to the Armed Forces.

January 12, 2016

Endeavour silver production above expectations, but gold falls

It mined 7.2 million ounces of silver last year, or about the same than in 2014, but gold output fell 4% to 60,000 ounces.

January 12, 2016

Eldorado Gold halts much of its mine construction in Greece, cuts jobs

The decision comes after more than a year of confrontations with the Greek government that included permits being revoked and delayed several times.

January 12, 2016

Feeling abandoned, Saudi Arabia ups the ante

Last week a major diplomatic crisis developed between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the Saudi execution of Nimr al Nimr, a charismatic Shiite cleric and anti-Sunni political activist.

January 12, 2016

Centerra Gold exceeds 2015 production guidance and announces 2016 outlook

Figures include 520,695 ounces of gold from the Kumtor mine, in the Kyrgyz Republic, and 16,226 ounces of gold from the Boroo mine, in Mongolia.

January 11, 2016

Endeavour Mining leaves the ASX, shares plummet

It said the move reduces its administrative, compliance and legal expenses, which could no longer be justified given the low levels of trading on the ASX relative to Endeavour’s TSX…

January 11, 2016

The world’s northernmost mines

They are all located in just three countries: Norway, Russia and Canada.