May 21, 2015 Chile strikes BHP Billiton copper project off development timeline The Chilean government has removed BHP Billiton's US$4 billion Spence copper expansion project from its 10-year development timeline, saying it expects the world's largest miner will miss its targeted deadline…
May 21, 2015 Australia ditches iron ore probe after lobby, China-Brazil supply deal The China-Brazil deal means that in just three years Vale will be producing more than BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto combined.
May 20, 2015 Australian miners warned not to ignore ties between Latin America, Asia The increasing engagement of Latin America with Asia may potentially be at the expense of Australia’s traditional sense of right to be a major Asian player, expert says.
May 20, 2015 Mitsui mulls expanding into food, drugs sectors to offset profit drop The firm created a new division in April to evaluate deals in those areas, and in the past six months has made mining infrastructure-related investments in the U.S. and Africa.
May 19, 2015 Iron ore is not in oversupply Only lower grade fines are oversupplied shows new research report.
May 19, 2015 Peruvian discovery may hold ‘hidden pool’ of rare earths Capacscaya also has significant amounts of copper, zinc, cobalt, aluminum and iron ore.
May 19, 2015 Global gold, copper, iron ore output down in Q1 — report Much of the overall decline in reported gold output was due to a significant quarter-on-quarter production declines from AngloGold Ashanti, Goldcorp, and Sibanye Gold.
May 19, 2015 BHP chief says inquiry into Aussie iron ore market a ‘ridiculous waste’ Andrew Mackenzie also warned the proposed would damage the Australia’s economy and shift investment to main foreign competitor Brazil.
May 18, 2015 Why Ricardo Carrión and Alberto Arispe are optimistic about mining in Peru Arispe and Carrión highlight the mining-friendly government, the new production from many sources and point to several juicy projects that lack only the means to further unlock Peru's mineral riches.
May 14, 2015 Copper prices struggle on demand fears Demand fears continue to restrict the extent of upside moves, whilst supply disruptions at the mine level have more recently provided a floor to prices following the early-year sell-off.
China aluminum output at record, steel below 1 billion tons Aluminum production increased 2.4% to to 45.02 million tons, having risen every year this decade. January 19, 2026 | 09:27 am
