March 7, 2016 Insane rally rockets iron ore price past $60 Iron ore price posts largest one-day gain ever surging 19.5% to $62.60 a tonne in frenzied Chinese trading.
March 4, 2016 Mining to boost Peruvian GDP this year despite low copper prices The country expects around $56 billion worth of mining projects to come on stream this year.
March 3, 2016 Joy Global posts bigger-than-expected loss as sales drop 25% Shares in the equipment and services provided soared almost 16% in early trading in New York.
March 2, 2016 BHP, Vale shares surge on Samarco deal Iron ore giants reach deal with Brazilian government to pay $6.2 billion over several years for clean up after November's deadly tailings dam spill.
March 2, 2016 World’s top copper miner sees metal at $2 a pound for at least two years Codelco says current copper rally will be short-lived.
March 2, 2016 Barrick announces ‘drastic revision’ of Pascua-Lama, may add partner Analysts believe that Barrick’s partner in Papua New Guinea, Zijin Mining Group, could be the one to help turn Pascua-Lama into a success.
March 1, 2016 Warning of another string of mining bankruptcies in 2016 Rate of corporate defaults could be double historical average going back to 1920 says new study.
March 1, 2016 An Argentinian gold project whose time has come Serial entrepreneur Paul Matysek got involved with the Lindero gold project in Argentina on Nov. 1, 2012. “People are now thinking that Argentina may become the darling of South America,”…
March 1, 2016 Glencore swings to loss on write-downs and collapsing coal, metal prices The Switzerland-based mining and energy giant lost $5 billion in 2015.
March 1, 2016 Here’s where mining investors should be placing their bets As a country, however, Canada is falling out of favour.
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