May 24, 2016 Rio Tinto makes management changes Rio Tinto has appointed Stephen McIntosh as the acting Group executive, Technology & Innovation
May 23, 2016 BHP’s Spence copper mine in Chile hit by fresh strike The labour action follows two other one-day protests at the mine and comes as BHP mulls a $2.2 billion investment to expand the operation.
May 20, 2016 New Antofagasta CEO: weak copper price for at least 2 years CEO of Chilean copper giant sees 300,000 tonnes surplus this year and next.
May 19, 2016 Steel Dynamics Inc. wins metals company of the year: Platts Global Metals Awards Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), one of the United States’ largest steel producers won the prestigious Metals Company of the Year award at the fourth annual Platts Global Metals Awards, which…
May 19, 2016 Copper price falls to 3-month low, defies bullish forecasts Traders ignore new survey of 22 economists that found consensus for double digit gains by the fourth quarter and into 2017.
May 19, 2016 Prospect generation – making mining into a numbers game A concept born from two facts: mineral exploration is extremely capital intensive, and just 1 out of 3,000 mineralized anomalies became a mine.
May 19, 2016 Sprott monthly market update with Rick Rule: Cobalt bubble coming; Kaminak & The Yukon; streaming & royalties In the current bull market, with more equity available, streaming and royalty companies continue to provide much needed revenue in the base metals and industrial materials sectors.
May 19, 2016 Caterpillar retail sales drop 12% in first three months of the year Results mark the 41 straight month of retail sales declines.
May 18, 2016 Geoscience BC receives $5 million in new funding for mineral, water and energy earth science Firm will launch its largest airborne magnetic survey this summer in west-central BC.
May 17, 2016 Copper price won’t lag spiking oil for much longer China's spending on infrastructure is being front-loaded and should translate into significantly higher copper demand later in the year.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
