April 3, 2014

Ebola outbreak in Guinea forces miners to lock down operations

Brazilian iron ore giant Vale has removed its six international employees and put its local workers on leave.

April 3, 2014

Chile’s mining area hit by 7.8 magnitude aftershock, President evacuated

The aftershock was the strongest of several that have followed Tuesday's massive 8.2-magnitude. Mining operations remain unaffected.

April 2, 2014

Looking for 1,000% gains? Resource investor Oliver Gross has some junior mining names for you

The bottom is in, declares Oliver Gross of Der Rohstoff-Anleger (The Resource Investor), and the bulls are ready to charge.

April 2, 2014

Goldcorp halts operations at Los Filos mine in Mexico

Gold giant was unable to negotiate the renewal of an occupancy agreement with a group of landowners.

April 2, 2014

8.2 earthquake rattles Chile’s mining hub, ports

World prices for copper jumped as the quake in the world's No.1 producer raised supply concerns.

March 31, 2014

Drummond to restart coal exports from Colombia

Local media is reporting the miner is hours away from resuming its coal shipments at its Cienaga port.

March 31, 2014

Vale could lose all of its Simandou investment

Brazilian giant Vale acquired the interest in Simandou deposit in Guinea from BSGR for $2.5 billion in 2010, but stopped payments after the first $500 million was forked over.

March 31, 2014

Chinalco forced to halt Peru’s copper project over ongoing pollution

The ruling was sparked by inspections carried out from March 16 to March 20 that detected contaminants in adjacent lakes.

March 31, 2014

Mick Davis scores $3.75 billion to build new mining empire

The former Xstrata boss is already hunting for mining deals.

March 30, 2014

Cuba approves new foreign investment law

But natural resource industry exempt.