SolGold scores $150m in funding from Franco Nevada

Authorities say the firm violated 16 environmental rules at El Soldado copper mine, located about 130 km northwest of capital Santiago.

Tension has been a feature of the copper market since the middle of last year but, so far, the net result has generally been stalemate and prices have moved sideways.

Vast stretches of northern Europe’s wilderness will soon host more mining companies going ahead with several projects in the area.

Rule requiring exporters to produce import certificates from destination countries in order to claim tax refunds will be waived beginning Sept. 8.

Mexico's environmental prosecutor has imposed a new partial order of closure on Grupo Mexico’s Buenavista copper mine.

Nickel prices have surged this year, making rationalization and cost-cutting in the Sudbury basin less urgent.

Deutsche Bank analysts foresee a 2% to 3% earnings increase for the miners.

Here is one interpretation of when we’ll run out of each metal or energy source.

Both sides are closer than ever to ending an eight-month tax dispute over exports of the industrial metal's concentrates.