November 2, 2014 Xstrata founder Davis bids for Anglo American assets – Sunday Times Mick Davis, the former boss of miner Xstrata, has made an offer for Anglo American assets including copper mines in Chile, Brazilian nickel mines and some coal operations, the Sunday…
October 31, 2014 Colombian coal mine flooding kills 12 A perforation made in a subterranean water source had flooded the underground mine late Thursday.
October 30, 2014 Chile copper output down in sept. 2014 on shutdowns at major mines Data published by the National Statistics Institute of Chile (INE), shows the country’s copper output has dropped by 5% during the month of September this year.
October 30, 2014 Weak iron ore prices cause Vale $1.44 billion loss in Q3 While the miner produced a record amount of iron ore, turmoil in currency and commodity markets overshadowed any production gains.
October 30, 2014 Goldcorp takes $36 million writedown on Mexican mine Value of low-grade ore stockpile at the Peñasquito mine dropped, raising average costs by $64/oz. and negatively affecting adjusted earnings by $0.04/share.
October 29, 2014 Vale’s CEO shortlisted to be Brazil’s new finance minister Analysts say only a business-friendly appointment followed by credible action to strengthen the fiscal accounts and control inflation would reassure markets.
October 29, 2014 Chile passes historic law to aid copper giant Codelco It grants the world's No.1 copper miner an injection of US$4 billion for the next four years.
October 28, 2014 Russia pushes forward plans to mine the moon The country's ultimate purpose is to extract rare earth elements, breaking China's dominance and pushing prices down.
October 27, 2014 Oliver Gross says peak gold is here to stay Midtier producers will soon be desperate to buy low-cost, high-quality deposits.
October 27, 2014 CHARTS: This is how much gold miners really put into their host countries Members of the World Gold Council spent last year a total of $47 billion in countries hosting their mining operations.
Gold refiner stops taking scrap delivery to melt down in US Metalor Technologies paused accepting new shipments of metal due to an inventory backlog caused by severe US weather. January 29, 2026 | 04:03 pm
