Miners need to overhaul business model to boost productivity: study Cost reduction measures in the mining industry could well have undermined the sector's productivity, which remains down, according to a new EY report. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2014 | 11:02 am
This cell phone was charged with apples, potatoes and copper wire The functional art installation was created outside a shopping centre in London. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2014 | 3:00 am
Chile’s Escondida mine boosts BHP copper output Improvements at the mine mill throughput and concentrator utilization offset declining ore grades at the world's largest copper mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2014 | 5:56 pm
Freeport to soon restart exports from Indonesia as gov’t offers tax cuts About $500 million of exports a month have been halted in Southeast Asia's biggest economy because of the minerals dispute. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2014 | 5:29 pm
Teck Resources’ profit hit by lower coal prices The price drop overshadowed the miner’s coal sales increase during the quarter, which totalled 6.8 million tonnes, compared with 6.3 million tonnes a year earlier. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2014 | 2:45 pm
This Aussie town lets people pay for a hotel room with gold They can also buy a car and even pay visits to the local doctor with the shiny yellow metal. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2014 | 2:03 pm
Caterpillar profit beats estimates but sales fall Construction, not mining lifts the machinery giant's second-quarter results. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2014 | 11:45 am
Old Welsh mine turned into giant trampoline park An abandoned 176-year old underground slate mine in North Wales has reopened, but as a gigantic trampoline theme park. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2014 | 11:00 am
China’s falling out of love with gold, demand drops 19% Gold consumption in the country fell to 569.5 tonnes, with the weakness in the yuan adding to higher spot prices. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2014 | 6:05 pm
Rio Tinto planning Australia’s largest iron ore mine The 70 million tonne-a-year project in the Pilbara is meant to replace other Yandicoogina’s areas that are running out of ore. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2014 | 4:13 pm