China to become world’s main consumer of base metals by 2017— report Wood Mackenzie also predicts the global base metals market will grow from 96Mt in 2013 to 122 Mt by the end of 2018. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 18, 2013 | 2:58 pm
Chile’s Collahuasi boosts Anglo American results, logs copper record Anglo's Collahuasi copper mine more than doubled output to 63,600 tonnes, way above analysts’ expectations. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 18, 2013 | 11:50 am
Canada-Europe historic trade deal removes tariffs on metals and minerals The deal will be the largest trade agreement in Canadian history. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 18, 2013 | 10:50 am
Suppliers keep hurting: Outotec axes 500 jobs, Metso warns of big fall in full-year sales Slow-moving global economy continues to make miners be frugal with spending. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2013 | 7:04 pm
Zimbabwe’s $2bn diamond revenue nowhere to be found So far, no legal action has been taken against people allegedly involved in diamond-related corruption. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2013 | 6:03 pm
Nautilus Minerals to open second seafloor mine by 2017 As its flagship Solwara 1 project, the new one is also in located in Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Sea. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2013 | 4:56 pm
PNG: The gold producing country nobody was talking about, until now PNG's gold industry contributes a higher proportion to the the country's economy than the sector does in any other major mining country in the world. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2013 | 3:30 pm
UK lets China buy its nuclear power stations UK's decision paves the way for China to take a stake in or own 100% of the country's new nuclear power stations. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2013 | 2:29 pm
U.S. scientists a step closer to finding evidence of dark matter in former gold mine First set of key findings to be released next week. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2013 | 11:13 am
Chalco wants $2.2bn for stake in Simandou iron ore project Simandou is expected to produce over 95 million tonnes of iron ore per year. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 16, 2013 | 11:25 pm