September 10, 2015

Outotec again among sustainability leaders in the Dow Jones index

For the third consecutive year.

September 10, 2015

Nazi ‘gold train’ treasure hunters show alleged picture of found wagons

The Polish military has urged caution in the search for the missing train, especially after a 39-year-old treasure seeker died yesterday when falling into a pit while looking for it.

September 10, 2015

Gemfields expands outside Africa, targets Latin America emerald assets

The London-listed precious stones miner plans to buy two emerald projects in Colombia.

September 10, 2015

Mineral IRL reopens Peru gold mine after reaching deal with locals

Latin America-focused precious metals miner extended a social contract with locals until 2018.

September 9, 2015

Half of South Africa’s gold mines operating at loss — report

Experts believe the troubles affecting gold producers in South Africa go way deeper than a slump in prices for the metal or the usual cycles the mining industry experiences.

September 9, 2015

Canada’s Capstone puts Chile copper project in back burner

The Vancouver-based miner blamed low commodity prices for the measure.

September 9, 2015

FLSmidth to supply equipment for copper-magnetite plant

FLSmidth has received an order from the Russian minerals producer Norilsk Nickel Group.

September 9, 2015

Immigration: A political and economic issue

More than 300,000 migrants have risked their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, according to the UN. This compares with 219,000 for the whole…

September 9, 2015

Stans Energy reaches ‘amicable’ deal with former CFO over her dismissal

In March last year, Anna Kuranova sued the company alleging to have been fired wrongfully.

September 9, 2015

Anglo sells platinum mines in S. Africa to Sibanye for $330m

The deal involves an upfront payment of 1.5 billion rand, with a minimum deferred payment of 3 billion rand, equal to 35% of cash flow generated by the operation.