September 2, 2014 Mexico forces partial closure of mine responsible for massive toxic spill Mexico's environmental prosecutor has imposed a new partial order of closure on Grupo Mexico’s Buenavista copper mine.
September 2, 2014 Chile’s Escondida mine to bring BHP, Rio higher than expected dividends Deutsche Bank analysts foresee a 2% to 3% earnings increase for the miners.
September 2, 2014 China’s antitrust crackdown threatens BHP demerger Following a meeting with BHP’s China boss, Beijing issued a statement saying it believed that “BHP and other iron ore suppliers should avoid abusing dominant market positions."
August 29, 2014 Freeport’s $2 billion Chile sale hits snag Phoenix-based copper giant want to to sell its Candelaria copper-gold mine to Canada's Lundin Mining.
August 29, 2014 Codelco production up, copper price slump trims down profit Pre-tax profit dropped 27% in the first half to $1.3 billion.
August 29, 2014 Glencore’s Dominican mine in limbo after national park plan approved The country’s legislators approved this week a ruling that declares the region surrounding the mine a national park, affecting Glencore's ability to expand it.
August 28, 2014 CHART: Copper price could follow iron ore over a cliff Iron ore is down 34% this year over China fears, soft demand and surging supply. The copper market is equally exposed, but has so far defied fundamentals.
August 28, 2014 Less than 2% of Peru’s total mining concessions are active Around 15,000 of the total 55,000 licences in effect risk fines and even losing all privileges over the land.
August 27, 2014 Chinese investment to make Peru world’s second-largest copper producer Chinese backers are now behind one-third of all Peru’s new mining investments by value.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
