August 26, 2015 Vale sells Integra coal mine in Australia to Glencore and Bloomfield The sale follows last month’s touted deal with Stanmore Coal, which bought Vale's Isaac Plains coal mine for just a dollar.
August 25, 2015 Canada, Australia, US, Chile and Mexico, the top destinations for mining investors Despite current adverse conditions, advisory firm Behre Dolbear is recommending mining stakeholders to focus on markets that have been able to ride the wave relatively well so far.
August 25, 2015 Gold Fields offers $10k for new algorithm to classify gold ore The goal is to develop an image algorithm that can classify material in a gold mine as high, medium or low grade ore, or waste.
August 25, 2015 BHP Billiton posts worst profit in over 10 years As prices for the company's four key "pillar" commodities —iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and oil and gas — have all dropped to multi-year lows in the past 12 months.
August 24, 2015 Anglo American sells copper mines in Chile to UK investment firm The price for the two assets could rise to $500m from $200m, depending on an eventual recovery of copper prices and the execution of an expansion plan for the Mantoverde…
August 24, 2015 Haywood’s Mick Carew explains why now is an ‘opportune time for consolidation’ in the mining space Mick Carew, a research analyst with Haywood Securities, hopes we have found the bottom of the commodity cycle but expects M&A activity to continue apace through the rest of this…
August 23, 2015 Mining private equity is being fundamentally transformed Appian Capital founder Michael Scherb: "You're now seeing the same changes in mining that happened in oil and gas which is now heavily supported by PE"
August 20, 2015 Latin American mines are most dissatisfied with the cost of maintenance and servicing New study shows mines throughout Latin America are dissatisfied with their Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) over cost-related factors, in particular maintenance and servicing costs.
August 19, 2015 Decision in Rio Tinto’s case against Vale over Simandou imminent— report New York court must decide by September whether or not it accepts Vale and BSGR request to dismiss the lawsuit that claims they conspired to steal Rio's rights over the…
August 19, 2015 Glencore stock getting hammered as China slowdown, commodities rout hit profit The world's leading commodity trader stock slumped to a record low Wednesday after it revealed it swung to a steep first-half loss of $676 million.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am