Copper soars after Freeport McMoRan declares force majeure on Grasberg mine Measure seeks to avoid liability on existing orders after production was suspended due to an accident. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2013 | 4:40 pm
China coal import ban ‘catastrophic’ for small Indonesian miners Small coal miners are already under financial pressure coming from falling prices and their rather higher costs. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2013 | 3:16 pm
Seabed miner Nautilus handed breathing aid: $40 million after shares sale The company will use it to keep up its plans of mining the deep blue frontier. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2013 | 1:29 pm
Canadian miners to face stricter rules on overseas payments 60% of all the world’s mining and exploration companies and 35% of all oil and gas companies are listed on Canadian exchanges. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2013 | 10:20 am
Mining suppliers short-term forecast mainly overcast: report Experts say mining services providers’ earnings will continue to fall this year. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2013 | 3:06 pm
Asteroid mining firm hires former White House officer Peter Marquez, former director of space policy under US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is Planetary Resources’s new vice president for global engagement. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2013 | 2:22 pm
Rio Tinto to start copper exports from Oyu Tolgoi this week Company is said to have invited reporters to attend a ceremony at the mine this Friday to celebrate its first shipment. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2013 | 1:56 pm
Chinese firm said to have killed Ghanaian miners with poisonous gas The official version is that the three small-scale miners lost their lives after inhaling excess smoke in a pit during a blast to extract the mineral. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2013 | 1:07 pm
Ivanplats gets its ducks in a row for South African project Company filed both a mining right application and included a BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) partner. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 10, 2013 | 6:06 pm
Copper Mountain’s mine up and running again ahead of schedule The miners hasn't yet determined the exact cause of the mid-May failure of the transformer. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 10, 2013 | 5:21 pm
