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Copper miner Antofagasta optimistic despite challenging short-term market conditions

After a difficult 2013, the group says it's now in a period of consolidation, but warns it will continue to focus on reducing costs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 21, 2014 | 2:19 pm

Ivanhoe raising C$150m in equity for Congo mines

Robert Friedland, executive chairman of the Vancouver-based company is pitching in himself.

Frik Els | May 20, 2014 | 10:26 pm

Komatsu dealer sells hydraulic shovel, haul trucks to True Gold

Later the fleet will be augmented with a second primary excavator and eight additional trucks.

Michael Allan McCrae | May 20, 2014 | 5:16 pm

Community conflict can cost miners up to $20m a week

Cost cutting by mining companies may damage the viability of advancing future projects.

Michael Allan McCrae | May 20, 2014 | 4:56 pm

Africa FDI at decade high

Foreign direct investment is shifting from extractive industries to consumer-related sectors according to new report.

Ernst & Young | May 18, 2014 | 11:00 pm

Global mining deals picking up, but far from returning to boom times

Companies’ low valuation, the current focus on operational efficiency in the mining sector, and the chase for overseas assets by Chinese investors, are pushing deals up.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2014 | 1:59 pm

Copper-based experiment leads academic to find new way to treat cancer

Physicist finds that when the copper-cysteamine complex he created in his lab was exposed to X-rays, it started emitting a toxic by-product that damages cancer cells.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2014 | 1:37 pm

Bitter takeover battle for giant US copper mine hots up

Hudbay extends hostile takeover bid for junior Augusta Resources on Friday after shares in owner of the Rosemont copper project in Arizona are dumped.

Frik Els | May 16, 2014 | 9:48 pm

Chile’s Bachelet likely to name new Codelco chief next week

The announcement could come anytime before May 21, when the President is scheduled to address the nation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2014 | 6:43 pm

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