October 28, 2015 Chile injects $600 million into state-owned copper giant Codelco The money is the first payment in a $3 billion aid plan authorized under a new funding mechanism, designed to avoid a slump in production.
October 28, 2015 Drop in mining sales takes toll on Komatsu Q2 results Construction and mining equipment account for almost 90% of Komatsu’s revenue.
October 27, 2015 Ecuador aims to attract $750M in mining investment next year The government is planning to open up new mining areas for gold and copper exploration.
October 27, 2015 These countries are winning at gold mining The number of registered artisanal miners, or barrequeros, inside Colombia now top 100,000 and production should keep rising.
October 27, 2015 Sandstorm plummets on cheap financing Vancouver firm drops 12% after announcing a bought deal with bankers at discount followed up by a gold-silver-copper streaming deal with Yamana.
October 27, 2015 Mahesh Khemlani officially assumes office as President of Panama Diamond Exchange Mahesh C. Khemlani has been installed as the new President of the Panama Diamond Exchange in an inauguration ceremony conducted yesterday morning on the PDE trading floor.
October 26, 2015 Chinese scrap at 10-year low pressures iron ore price Chinese scrap – typically around 90% Fe – has fallen to below 62% iron ore at its 2011 peak and below domestic pig iron prices.
October 26, 2015 Weak metal prices to hit miners through 2016 — Moody’s The situation, says the ratings agency, won’t change over the next 12 to 18 months, and metal prices may fall even further.
October 26, 2015 Rick Rule: I am too wise to call a bottom in mining Rick has seen too many cycles to answer a question like that.
October 23, 2015 Iron ore price drops to 3-month low Vale's scorched earth strategy pays off: production on its way to 450 million tonnes at an astonishing cost of just $12.70 a tonne.
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