July 31, 2014 Vale Q2 profit down on weak prices from iron glut Write-downs also hurt bottom line, yet production robust.
July 31, 2014 Glencore, ArcelorMittal seeking stake in Simandou: report They would be going for the northern portion of the massive iron ore deposit, seized from Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and mining giant Vale in April.
July 31, 2014 IMAGE GALLERY: Throwing the switch on KGHM’s Sierra Gorda mine in the Atacama Desert The143-kilometre seawater pipeline is operational
July 31, 2014 Barrick mothballs Pascua-Lama Toronto-based miner has already spent $5 billion on the Chile-Argentina project first launched in 2006.
July 30, 2014 Coal exporters not backing down despite glut; could China enter the market too? No signs of production slowdown in major coal-exporting countries.
July 30, 2014 Robust copper price prompts switch to aluminum It's a trend already established in China where only 25% of insulated and overhead cables use copper versus 60% in developed economies.
July 30, 2014 BHP firing 6% of workforce in Chile’s Pampa Norte division Division encompasses the Spence and Cerro Colorado copper mines.
July 29, 2014 Newmont to spend $900 million to develop Suriname gold mine Gold reserves of 4.2 million ounces at an average grade of 1.22 grams per tonne
July 29, 2014 US utilities turn to Colombia, Russia for coal in 2014 Less expensive than burning domestic coal.
July 28, 2014 Goldcorp pours first gold at Argentina’s Cerro Negro mine The miner poured the initial dole bar at a weight of 100 kilograms containing an estimated 317 ounces of gold.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
