April 17, 2015 BHP, Rio face hard choices as ore woes set in Once the darlings of the local market, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto now face a rocky road as investors accept the reality that lower iron ore prices will last for…
April 16, 2015 Codelco to unveil plan to speed up delayed Chuquicamata mine expansion The plan seeks to tackle an almost yearlong delay in the project to turn century-old Chuquicamata open pit mine into an underground operation.
April 16, 2015 Southern Copper’s $1.2bn Toquepala mine expansion OK’d The expansion will boost the capacity of the Peruvian mine's copper concentrator to 120,000 tonnes per day from 60,000.
April 16, 2015 Thousands stand up for Canadian mine threatened with closure in Greece About 4,000 people protested Thursday in Athens against the government decision to revoke Canada's Eldorado Gold Corp.'s licence to develop a gold mine in Skouries.
April 15, 2015 Codelco spending $25 billion just to keep output steady $5 billion a year for five years will merely replace exhausted mine capacity says CEO of world's largest copper company.
April 15, 2015 Study: New projects need a $3.50 copper price Copper price hasn't traded at those levels for two years.
April 15, 2015 $8m grant awarded to Artisanal Gold Council to develop the sector in Peru The grant will help fund a project to be carried out in Peru over the next five years focused on the sustainable development of a responsible artisanal gold sector.
April 14, 2015 GRAPHIC: Mongolia needs Oyu Tolgoi more than Rio does Once the fastest growing economy in the world, foreign direct investment in Mongolia collapsed over the space of just two years.
April 14, 2015 Zambia dumps mining royalty hike, settles at 9% The government intends to set its mining royalties at 9% for both open-pit and underground mines.
April 13, 2015 Expect talent-driven mining M&A: Headhunter Today Andrew’s talking about the ebbs and flows of his MRG business. He tells me President and CEO searches are not where he’s making his money these days, it’s the…
