Copper $ 4.6235 / lb 0.23%

Brent Crude Oil $ 64 / bbl -0.06%

Palladium $ 977 / ozt -0.31%

Crude Oil $ 61.44 / bbl -0.16%

Natural Gas $ 3.286 / Btu -0.96%

Silver Futures $ 32.525 / ozt 0.68%

Aluminum Futures $ 2317.5 / ton 0.00%

Micro Gold Futures $ 3286 / ozt 1.20%

Micro Silver Futures $ 32.525 / ozt 0.65%

Platinum $ 971 / ozt 0.06%

Gold Futures $ 3286.2 / ozt 1.16%

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Barrick sells Australian Plutonic mine to Northern Star

Barrick sells Australian Plutonic mine to Northern Star

For US$22 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 23, 2013 | 3:07 pm

Rio considers dumping stake in Pebble mine’s owner Northern Dynasty

Rio considers dumping stake in Pebble mine’s owner Northern Dynasty

Through a subsidiary, Rio owns 19% of Northern Dynasty, making it the largest single investor.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 23, 2013 | 1:55 pm

Illegal mining is Latin America’s new cocaine

Illegal mining is Latin America’s new cocaine

Once confined to Peru and Colombia, the shady business has spread out to neighbouring countries and is generating up to five times more revenue than drug trafficking.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 23, 2013 | 12:19 pm

The ironies of shipping U.S. coal from B.C.

BC coal project faces fresh woes over foreign workers

Canada's United Steelworkers union is asking the British Columbia Supreme Court to revoke the HD's exploration permit, alleging local authorities granted it without addressing safety concerns.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 23, 2013 | 5:03 am

Peru’s $1bn Tia Maria copper mine gets social license, to restart mining soon

Peru’s $1bn Tia Maria copper mine gets social license, to restart mining soon

Work is likely to restart within the next 90 days, a top government official said following a public meeting with local residents.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2013 | 6:13 pm

Clive Palmer

Aussie billionaire Clive Palmer’s massive coal mine approved

Environmentalists argue the approval will see 3 million tonnes of dredge spoil will be dumped in the Great Barrier Reef.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2013 | 4:51 pm

Colombia calls a truce in freshly declared war on coal

Colombia calls a truce in freshly declared war on coal

It has extended Drummond port improvement deadline, but it will charge the company daily fines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2013 | 2:20 pm

Rinehart's Roy Hill secures close to $700 million from US bank

Rinehart’s Roy Hill secures close to $700 million from US bank

She needs $10 billion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2013 | 1:19 pm

bcsc callaghan fine suspension

Canada watchdog accuses Silvercorp short seller of fraud

Hedge fund manager Jon Richard Carnes wrote a false negative report in 2011 about the silver miner in order to profit from its falling share price.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2013 | 12:52 pm

Glencore Xstrata raises stake in Africa's copper belt

Glencore Xstrata raises stake in Africa’s copper belt

The miner and commodities trading giant acquired an additional 14.5% interest in Mutanda, a copper mine in the province of Katanga, Congo.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 19, 2013 | 5:05 pm

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JV floated as path to reopen First Quantum Cobre Panama mine

A government-industry partnership could resolve the dispute that has kept the Cobre Panama copper mine closed since November 2023.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 15, 2025 | 9:45 am