October 22, 2015 Freeport logs third-quarter loss after massive oil and gas write-down The U.S’s largest mining company unveils plans to further slash copper and molybdenum output.
October 22, 2015 Teck Resources swings to loss after $1.7 billion charge Earnings, however, beat analysts’ estimates as Canada’s largest diversified miner cut costs to deal with weak commodity prices.
October 22, 2015 INFOGRAPHIC: Europe’s electricity consumption by country and fuel type The major story here is the decline in consumption of fossil fuels.
October 22, 2015 Reshuffling the deck in the Mideast The U.S. presence in the Middle East, which for years provided some control over one of the world's most volatile regions, appears to have dissolved into chaos.
October 21, 2015 Greenpeace to keep coal in the ground by buying some of Europe’s largest mines The environmental group is after Vattenfall's lignite business in eastern Germany, in a bid to scale back the operations put up for sale by the Swedish state-owned energy giant.
October 21, 2015 Canada’s Ivanhoe to start copper production at new DRC mine in 2018 The Vancouver-based miner estimates that Kamoa, discovered in 2007, holds the equivalent of at least 45 million tonnes of pure copper.
October 21, 2015 Alrosa sells less than half the diamonds it mined The rough-diamond miner extracted about 11.6 million carats in Q3, or 20% more than in the same period last year. However, it could only sell 4.9 million carats.
October 20, 2015 Japan admits first possible case of cancer linked to Fukushima The worker who developed leukemia was exposed to less radiation than many, said authorities, which suggests that the number of compensation cases could spike.
October 20, 2015 Construction of giant York Potash mine to begin next year The $3.15 billion project will tap into the world’s largest and highest grade deposit of polyhalite, used as a fertilizer, inside the North York Moors National Park.
October 20, 2015 China’s weak demand for diamonds drags sector into slump Prices for the precious rocks have fallen almost 12% in the past year, amid weakening diamond jewellery demand from China, the second largest consumer after the U.S.
Congo says it would seek other partners if US minerals framework fails "The rivalry between China and the United States - we are not interested in it," the country's mines minister said. February 11, 2026 | 07:12 am
