Copper price drops despite outages at world’s biggest mines
Strike at Escondida, export ban and smelter problems at Grasberg and community clashes at Las Bambas.
BHP to spend $2.2bn on US Mad Dog oil project
Expansion has the potential to increase production to 140,000 barrels…
Goldcorp buys back gold stream on giant Chile project
Vancouver company pays $65 million cash for a 4% stream…
Southern Copper wants to shoot the lights out
World number five producer adding 600,000 annual tonnes in six…
Rio Tinto logs first annual gain since 2013 on iron ore rally
Shareholders will be the main beneficiaries of the company's cautious…
