March 16, 2015

Kidnapped Goldcorp miners found dead in Mexico

Three corpses were found on Friday in a mass grave in southwestern Mexico's Guerrero state.

March 16, 2015

Barrick to get $1.5 billion for Chilean copper mine

The gold miner is said to be evaluating whether to put its Zaldivar copper mine on the block as it tries to meet an ambitious debt reduction target.

March 11, 2015

Tahoe Resources reports strong first production year

Silver produced in concentrate was 5.2 million ounces and 20.3 million ounces during the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014, respectively.

March 11, 2015

The bottom is in. Venezuela restarts iron mine after 18 years

OR NOT. As iron ore prices fall to 7-year lows struggling South American nation reopens 18 billion tonne Cerro Bolivar mine mothballed since 1997.

March 11, 2015

Dire Chinese steel outlook drops iron ore price to 7-year low

Down 1.4% Wednesday to lowest since 2007 on Chinese forecast of peak steel production and contraction.

March 11, 2015

Everyone is guessing when it comes to oil prices

Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year.

March 11, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Everything you need to know about copper porphyries

This infographic covers everything you should know about copper porphyries, a deposit type responsible for about 60% of copper, 95% of molybdenum, and 20% of gold produced today.

March 10, 2015

Antofagasta to appeal order to knock down Los Pelambres mine dam

The ruling claims the dam has diverted the course of a local estuary, causing water shortages at a time of drought.

March 10, 2015

This is what the world’s largest underground mine looks like

MINING.com visited Chile’s El Teniente mine, the world's largest underground copper operation and the sixth biggest copper mine by reserve size.

March 9, 2015

Goldcorp disappearances raise Mexican mining safety fears

The probable kidnapping of 4 workers at Goldcorp's Los Filos mine is just the latest in a string of mine incidents in Guerrero, Mexico's most violent state.