April 18, 2017

South32 drops $200 million plan to buy Peabody coal mine

The miner said it was unwilling to take the steps required to satisfy Australian steel makers to get the approval of the transaction, which would have its major deal since…

April 17, 2017

Thousands of balls to counteract drought effects at mining sites

To prevent liquids from evaporating, Exma proposes the use of a floating cover system composed of plastic balls

April 17, 2017

Iron ore price in free fall

Another gap down Monday brings one-month drop to 30%.

April 17, 2017

Plateau Uranium announces LOI for initial uranium offtake from Peruvian project

The deal with Curzon Resources could be the first potential sale of 7% the of future production from the Macusani project

April 17, 2017

GoldMining’s acquisition of La Mina to create massive gold-copper portfolio in Colombia

GoldMining announced the acquisition of all outstanding common shares of Bellhaven and its La Mina Gold Project in Colombia

April 16, 2017

Peru’s copper output slightly up

The Ministry of Energy and Mines revealed that the country’s copper production rose by 5.42% in February

April 14, 2017

Gold bull McEwen says price rally has just begun

The founder of McEwen Mining and Goldcorp believes prices for the precious metal will reach $5,000 an ounce in a matter of years.

April 14, 2017

Chile’s Codelco sets up lithium subsidiary

The unit is expected to help speed up the approval of legislation that allows the exploration and exploitation of the country’s vast lithium deposits.

April 14, 2017

Golden Arrow and Silver Standard join forces in Argentina

Stars aligned for Golden Arrow when Chinchillas was ready to move to production and the company only had to look 18 miles down the road to Silver Standard's Pirquitas mine…

April 13, 2017

Copper production jumped by a million tonnes last year

But market was in small deficit according to study.