January 13, 2016 South32 mulls acquisition of Anglo’s $1bn business in Brazil Company is said to have sent out requests to investment banks as it seeks to hire an adviser to assist in the bidding process for Anglo American's niobium and phosphate…
January 13, 2016 US coal miners’ struggles at dawn of 20th century not too far from today’s Documentary to air Jan. 26 on PBS tells the story of how coal miners came together in a protracted struggle for their rights.
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.
Gold price surpasses $4,900 as record rally carries on Spot gold rose nearly 2% to set a fresh all-time high of $4,923.63 per ounce. January 22, 2026 | 11:59 am
