April 1, 2015

Belo Sun gold project feasibility study to draw investors back — CIBC

The recently completed feasibility study should whet investors appetite, say analysts.

April 1, 2015

Anglo American drops Peru copper project

The news comes on the heels of a report showing that less than half of existing copper projects are really needed to meet current demand.

April 1, 2015

Atacama floods: Lithium impact analysed

After a freak storm and flooding in Chile’s Atacama Desert temporarily closed one of the world’s leading lithium operations, fears of further supply squeezes and upward price pressure this year…

April 1, 2015

Goldcorp’s Eleonore mine in Quebec reaches commercial production

Eleonore is expected to eventually become Canada’s largest gold producing mine.

March 31, 2015

Less than half of copper projects needed to meet demand

New report identifies 231 existing copper projects with potential output of nearly 13m tonnes which will more than make up for long-term mine depletion.

March 31, 2015

Iron ore price enters free fall

3.6% plunge to just above $50 a tonne on Tuesday brings year to date losses to 28%.

March 30, 2015

UPDATE: Teck shares drop after denying merger talks

Vancouver-based company contradicts earlier Bloomberg report saying it is in talks with Chile's Antofagasta about combining copper assets.

March 30, 2015

Fresh iron ore price plunge

Iron ore price falls more than 2% on Monday bringing 2015 losses to 25%. Next stop $45 a tonne says new report.

March 27, 2015

Copper price falls as Chile brings 1.6mt back on line

Copper down nearly 2% as torrential downpour that shut many of the country's biggest mines is not expected to impact oversupplied market.

March 27, 2015

Vale CEO Murilo Ferreira to lead Petrobras

Vale's Murilo Ferreira has been nominated as Petrobras' next board chairman, while the company still scrambles to deal with the fallout from a vast corruption scandal.