June 3, 2015 Zambia mulls cutting mining royalties even further Mines minister Christopher Yaluma said reducing royalties below the recently revised 9% would make underground mining more cost effective.
June 2, 2015 Gold industry injected $171bn into global economy in 2013 A World Gold Council report shows the sector's contribution was greater than the GDP of over 150 different countries and larger than the total value of global overseas aid in…
June 2, 2015 Conflict gold case against Swiss refiner dropped Insufficient evidence against Argos-Heraeus.
June 2, 2015 IMAGE GALLERY: Potash ponds in the Utah desert To the non-expert eye they may seem a set of mirages, but these turquoise-purple-pink visions are what ground-level potash ponds look like near Arches National Park.
June 2, 2015 Stans Energy kicks off fresh legal actions over Kyrgyzstan’s $118 million pending payment The Canadian rare earths junior is appealing a Moscow court decision of Moscow City Arbitrazh Court of not allowing it to obtain a sum related to the loss of its…
June 2, 2015 Total, Shell exit coal mining Some of the world's top oil producers have decided to abandon coal and focus instead on ramping up production and trading of liquified natural gas as a cleaner fossil fuel…
June 2, 2015 AngloGold, Newmont in talks over sale of Colorado mine The sale would be one of the largest of a U.S. gold mine since the price of the precious metal began falling in 2013.
June 1, 2015 Meteorites heading to Earth may contain trillions of diamonds Gems founds in fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite were formed in an unknown planet that existed when our solar system was just forming, researchers say.
June 1, 2015 Mining exploration spending in Australia hits decade-low The dramatic fall was led mainly by the iron ore and coal sectors.
June 1, 2015 Molycorp stock collapses after missing $32.5M interest payment Skipping the loan repayment could lead to the U.S. rare earths miner bankruptcy.
Lupaka Gold may seize Peru state assets over unpaid $67M arbitration award Lupaka's chairman Gordon Ellis said it has identified Peru’s national petroleum company Petroperu as potential target. January 19, 2026 | 09:59 am