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.
March 26, 2015 Iron ore price output caps called ‘hare brained’ Rio's Sam Walsh says any scheme to artificially prop up prices hovering at six-year lows is "physically not going to work."
March 26, 2015 JX, Mitsui Mining halt Caserones mine, to take a $421M write down The company said the suspension of operation at the copper is momentary, as northern Chile is being hit by torrential rain and snow.
March 25, 2015 Mining private equity: It’s Davis or bust? Until Mick Davis pulls the trigger on X2's $5.6 billion, wishful thinking and unhealthy skepticism will pervade talk around private equity and mining.
CMOC raises $1.2 billion in convertibles deal The notes mark the largest convertible-bond deal by a Chinese miner since Zijin’s $2 billion issuance in 2024. January 20, 2026 | 07:12 am
