Chile’s ex-president Bachelet considers mining law changes The South American nation is home to 30% of the world's known copper reserves. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 6:31 pm
Copper ring almost made the Earth look like Saturn US Government-backed scientists aimed to build an emergency communications system based on copper wires around our planet. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 5:34 pm
Liebherr claims it has built world’s tallest crawler crane It can lift around 600 small cars. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 2:49 pm
Gold down as India raises import tax to 10% India also increased the import tax on silver to 10% from 6% Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 2:45 pm
Fresh threats for Freeport’s Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia Output may be affected by a ban on unprocessed ore exports that takes effect in 2014. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 2:07 pm
Glencore Xstrata unit slashes funding for its Tampakan copper-gold project The $5.9 billion Philippine project is considered one of the largest foreign direct investments in the South Asian country. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 12:04 pm
Astronomers identify 12 asteroids close enough for mining UK researchers went through a list of 9,000 near-Earth celestial bodies. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2013 | 6:34 pm
Boy digs up a 5.16-carat diamond at Arkansas state park It could be worth between $12,000 and $15,000. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2013 | 5:47 pm
Former DeBeers exec. to lead Firestone Diamonds Ex-DeBeers CFO will become Firestone's CEO in December. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2013 | 5:15 pm
Top gold producers in SA downgraded by HSBC to ‘sell’ Lower bullion prices affecting rating of AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold and Sibanye Gold. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2013 | 4:41 pm