December 11, 2014 New strike hits Peru’s largest copper mine Unionized workers at Antamina downed tools at midnight Wednesday.
December 10, 2014 Fourth Batista company goes bankrupt Disgraced Brazilian tycoon once held 90% of power utility worth $3.2 billion just three years ago.
December 10, 2014 Miners in Guatemala to pay ten times more royalties President Otto Perez Molina has approved a new rule passed by the Congress last week, which rises taxes to transnational miners operating in the country from 1% to 10%.
December 10, 2014 Largo commences pre-feasibility study of PGM by-products at its Maracas Menchen Mine Largo Resources Ltd. ("Largo" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has commenced a pre-feasibility study ("the Pre-Feasibility Study" or "the Report") on the potential to produce salable…
December 10, 2014 Hochschild slashes management pay, turns chairman into non-executive The miner has set out changes to the chairman's role and, as part of its on-going cost cutting program, is further cutting board pay.
December 10, 2014 Yamana Gold to group Brazil mines under new unit The miner became the latest company to spin off non-core, underperforming assets.
December 9, 2014 Larger players account for 40% of global exploration budgets A study of about 40 explorers budgeting at least US$50 million total shows the larger players allocated a total of US$4.33 billion and accounted for 40% of the US$10.74 billion…
December 9, 2014 Anglo American struggling to meet targets, mulls coal assets sale Anglo’s boss Mark Cutifani says company needs to find an extra $2 billion of earnings before interest and tax to meet the return on capital target set for 2015.
December 9, 2014 Vale sells stake in Mozambique coal project to Mitsui for $763m Mitsui, which since 2003 is part of the holding group that controls Vale, is expanding partnerships with the world’s largest iron-ore miner.
December 8, 2014 BHP Billiton spin-off named South32 The waiting game is over. BHP Billiton has named its Perth-based spin-off company, appointing Graham Kerr as its chief executive.
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
