Vale confirms plans to sell stake in $35 billion base metals unit Chief Financial Officer Luciano Siani confirmed Tuesday the company's plans to sell a minority stake in its metals-producing unit. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 2, 2014 | 11:45 am
Gold hits 5-week high from early dive triggered by Swiss referendum Gold prices experienced a dramatic comeback Monday after falling sharply in overnight trading due to Switzerland’s rejection of a proposal to boost the country’s gold reserves. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 7:41 pm
Guatemala’s huge mining royalty hike makes Tahoe unhappy The country’s congress passed Friday legislation to increase mining royalties from 5% to 10%. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 6:32 pm
New low in oil prices drags BHP Billiton stock below 2009 levels The stock closed in Sydney below the $30 mark, which is the lowest it has traded in the last five years. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 4:21 pm
African Minerals halts trading, shuts down Sierra Leone assets Iron ore project will remain suspended until the company either releases $102 million in restricted cash or can secure other short term funding. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 11:26 am
Anglo American’s Los Bronces mine in Chile hit by strike This is the first time mining engineers, geologists and other highly educated employees go on a strike at a privately owned mine in Chile. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 5:34 pm
Copper hits 4-year low in New York End of strike at Peru’s biggest copper mine and weaker oil prices drove Dr. Copper goes to the ICU. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 4:36 pm
Rio Tinto cuts spending, defers capex, keeps dividend The mining giant said it was committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders in 2015 despite a severe drop in iron ore prices. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 3:30 pm
Deep-sea miner Nautilus to get $113m of escrowed funds The sum will be given on the completion of the sale of 15% of its Solwara 1 project to an entity nominated by Papua New Guinea. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 2:23 pm
Chile’s mining sector to double energy demand by 2025 These are not very good news for the energy-starved copper producing nation. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2014 | 6:45 pm
