November 6, 2013 Copper mine contamination leads to $20 million settlement for small town residents Residents of a Northern Nevada town are $20 million richer after reaching a settlement with a company accused of covering up a […]
November 6, 2013 Mongolia revokes 106 exploration licences Exploration companies operating in the Asian nation have become collateral damage in a criminal case involving former senior government employees at Mongolia's mining regulator.
November 6, 2013 Taseko cries foul over panel review Taseko says panel wasn't looking at the right tailings storage design.
November 6, 2013 SLIDESHOW: Chile turns world’s largest open pit copper mine into an underground operation The $4.2 billion underground operation is expected to produce 140,000 tonnes of copper per day.
November 5, 2013 Peru confirms China’s largest copper producer wants a stake in Las Bambas Peru’s Minister of Energy and Mines Jorge Merino expects sale to close before the 2014 deadline.
November 5, 2013 Switzerland launches probe into refiner Argor for alleged Congo gold laundering Swiss authorities to determine whether the firm knew the gold it handled in 2004 and 2005 came from a militia group in eastern Congo.
November 5, 2013 Caterpillar to shut West Virginia plant Earlier this year the firm recorded a second successive quarterly loss.
November 4, 2013 Goldcorp’s $3.9 billion El Morro faces new legal threat Indigenous community opposing the project to submit new lawsuit against it this month.
November 4, 2013 Australia’s mining slowdown will set off ‘wave of consolidation’ New report predicts Australian mining sector growth to fall sharply through 2017 and pressure of weakening mineral prices will spark industry consolidation.
November 4, 2013 Southern Copper’s $1bn Tia Maria mine to begin production in March The Peruvian copper project, halted in 2011 after clashes between residents and police that left three dead, could began production about a year ahead of schedule.
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