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Vale Q2 profit down on weak prices from iron glut

Write-downs also hurt bottom line, yet production robust.

Jeffrey Richmond | July 31, 2014 | 8:07 pm

IMAGE GALLERY: Throwing the switch on KGHM’s Sierra Gorda mine in the Atacama Desert

The143-kilometre seawater pipeline is operational

MINING.com Editor | July 31, 2014 | 5:04 pm

Robust copper price prompts switch to aluminum

It's a trend already established in China where only 25% of insulated and overhead cables use copper versus 60% in developed economies.

Frik Els | July 30, 2014 | 2:48 pm

Will the KSM project suffer the same fate as Pebble?

Potential problems in the horizon for Seabridge Gold's proposed gold, copper, silver and molybdenum mine in northern British Columbia, just 30 km from the Alaska border.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 30, 2014 | 2:43 pm

BHP firing 6% of workforce in Chile’s Pampa Norte division

Division encompasses the Spence and Cerro Colorado copper mines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 30, 2014 | 1:15 pm

BHP to complete Olympic Dam expansion years from now

The company revealed it will take four years to trial a processing method it hopes will help make the expansion profitable.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 29, 2014 | 5:17 pm

Global mining sector on the way up, but recovery still slow

The industry’s aggregate market capitalization improved for the sixth month in a row in June, reaching $1.75 trillion, the highest level since January 2013.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 29, 2014 | 12:30 pm

Industry experts discuss growing minerals demand in committee hearing

Better access to US minerals would encourage manufacturers to return.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 26, 2014 | 7:10 am

Freeport, Indonesia make peace: copper exports to resume in August

Indonesia's top copper miner hopes next month to ramp up production and restart concentrate shipments from Grasberg, one of the world's largest copper mines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2014 | 4:34 pm

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