March 14, 2016

PDAC 2016: Interview with President of McEwen Mining Colin Sutherland

Mr. Sutherland has over 20 years of financial and operating experience in the gold mining industry and most recently was the CEO of Archipelago Resources growing it to a 200,000…

March 14, 2016

$67 oil has all the majors converging here

Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices.

March 11, 2016

Barrick hit with $10m fine over Argentina cyanide spill

Court fines top gold producer 145m pesos over September cyanide spill at its Veladero mine in San Juan province.

March 11, 2016

BHP, Vale to reopen Samarco mine later this year

They have already taken the first steps towards resuming activity, applying for permission to use old mining pits to store tailings.

March 9, 2016

KGHM, Sumitomo face fine, licence withdrawal over environmental breaches in Chile

The infractions include not implementing measures to control emissions, altering the natural habitat for native wildlife, and operating a tailings dam in an unauthorized fashion.

March 9, 2016

MMG swings to loss and books $784 million write down

The overseas unit of China’s largest state-owned copper and zinc producer is the latest victim of a sustained rout in metal prices.

March 8, 2016

Vale-Fortescue iron ore pact a win-win deal — analysts

Long-term, the deal could be viewed as the first step of a more disciplined approach to iron ore supply by aligning two of the world’s “big four” producers of the…

March 8, 2016

Chile helping miners to stay afloat, but threat of labour reform, lower copper prices loom

The government has set aside some $20 million through June to assist small and medium miners

March 7, 2016

Exclusive: Significant new lithium discovery in Argentina

A large and high-grade lithium brine lake and associated salar with low contaminants has recently been discovered in Argentina.

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.