October 2, 2014

Operations at Freeport Grasberg copper mine remain blocked

Protesters are demanding management to review safety conditions following a fatal accident on Sept. 27.

October 1, 2014

Canaccord’s Joe Mazumdar shares his favorite get rich slow schemes

Gold prices are down, but the prospects for fully funded development stories are up.

October 1, 2014

Polish miner KGHM begins production at massive copper mine in Chile

In the official opening the firm said it expected to start shipping from Sierra Gorda in November

October 1, 2014

Glencore halts copper projects in Zambia over tax row

The standoff marks a major setback for the miner, which is in the process of upgrading its copper assets in Zambia hoping to increase output by at least 50% by…

September 30, 2014

September precious metal price meltdown

Fresh selling sees gold price end September down 6% vs historical average gain of 3%, silver tanks 13%, platinum drops 9% and palladium collapses 15% over the course of the…

September 30, 2014

Rio Tinto, Glencore could save $500m by joining coal businesses

It would also create a a 15-kilometre long ‘‘super pit’’ from the union of Rio’s Mount Thorley Warkworth and Glencore’s Bulga open-pit mines.

September 30, 2014

Newmont ships first copper from Indonesia in eight months

30,000 tonnes of copper concentrate were sent out Monday.

September 30, 2014

London Metal Exchange raises fees by a third

This is the first fee hike since Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. acquired LME for $2.2 billion in 2012.

September 28, 2014

Imperial’s cleanup plan underway for Mount Polley mine dam breach, but questions remain

With 24 million cubic metres of water and tailings flushed downstream of the Mount Polley gold and copper mine, the company’s biggest challenge now is to keep the remaining tailings…

September 28, 2014

Open-pit mining suspended after four killed at Freeport Indonesia’s copper mine

Freeport-McMoRan Inc temporarily suspended open-pit mining at its Indonesian mine on Saturday, a company statement said, after four people died in an accident at one of the world's biggest copper…