May 4, 2016

BHP, Vale disaster turned into mining’s Deepwater Horizon

Shares in mining giants tumble after civil suit in Brazil claims $43 billion in damages based on clean-up costs associated with BP's oil spill in the Gulf.

May 4, 2016

Mapped: The global coal trade

The global coal trade doubled in the decade to 2012 as a boom took hold in Asia. Now, the coal trade seems to have stalled or even gone into reverse.

May 3, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: The riskiest places to live

Risk, from a mathematical perspective, is the probability of an event multiplied by its potential impact.

May 3, 2016

Teck Resources goes from dud to darling as coal makes a comeback

The company's shares have almost tripled this year, making it the best-performing global miner amid the rebound in commodity prices and a projected fivefold improvement in earnings.

May 3, 2016

McEwen Mining buys exploration target near El Gallo Mine

The acquisition fits with the company's strategy of investing in opportunities that have the possibility to extend the life of existing mines.

May 2, 2016

Newmont Mining turns 95

Newmont Mining Corporation was officially incorporated on May 2, 1921.

May 1, 2016

Widespread illegal mining in Colombia is ‘linked to malaria outbreak’

The Colombian National Health Institute recorded 18,524 malaria cases in 2015.

May 1, 2016

New Mexican gold mine officially opens

Investors in Torex Gold Resources (TSX:TXG) saw their patience rewarded on Friday with an 11.5 percent bump in the stock price.

April 29, 2016

Friday frenzy for Freeport

After leaping 11% on Friday with 74m shares traded, copper giant is now worth $17.5 billion – up 274% from January lows.

April 28, 2016

Chile’s cheerless outlook for copper price

Top global producer sees surplus this year and next as mines pump out more metal and predicts decline in copper price from today's levels through 2017.