Brazil’s Vale sells two of its copper mines in Chile
Vale got $25 million for the mines, way below the $200 million it had invested on them.
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Australia’s promise to assist BHP with its Olympic Dam expansion
South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, has reproached the federal government for saying BHP could resume its Olympic Dam expansion within months, calling it a "cruel hoax."
Peru’s mining attracted close to $9bn in investments this year
The potential is appealing. Peru holds13% of the world's copper reserves, 4% of gold, 22% of silver, 7.6% of zinc, 9% of lead and 6% of tin reserves.
Suspicion grows over events that led Batista’s oil firm to bankruptcy
Investors want federal authorities to examine the role of regulators and the stock exchange in OGX collapse.
Mexico passes historic bill ending oil monopoly
In a country that celebrates “Oil Industry Nationalization Day,” the energy package approved last night has automatically become Mexico’s most significant and controversial economic reform since the NAFTA.
Anglo American confirms turnaround plan, warns 2014 will continue to be tough
Cutifani said the firm has identified three "buckets" from which it plans to extract about $3.9 billion of extra earnings.
Natural gas to overtake coal as global energy source by 2025—Exxon
The world’s largest oil and gas firm predicts that by around 2025 gas will be the world’s second most-used fuel, only behind oil.
Miners warned about Indonesia, Brazil, India and South Africa investments
Terrorism, regime instability and resource nationalism, are the main risks mining investors will face in 2014.
Chile’s mining industry turns to sunlight to ease energy shortage
First solar plant for the mining sector in the Coquimbo region will be inaugurated this Friday.
Mount Lyell copper mine halted indefinitely during probe into workers death
Whether the men were wearing safety harnesses is a significant part of the investigation that could take several months.
Friedland backs Trump’s copper tariff as wake-up call
Friedland commended Trump for doing what’s "obvious" and "intelligent", as the US needs to produce the metal.