The company said the move by the Forest Service was "politically motivated and completely unnecessary."

The company also reported a 28.9% increase in revenue year over year, to $3.65 billion.

MINING.COM sits down for a conversation with Denise Johnson, Caterpillar’s mining chief, to talk about the future of mining and the trends shaping the industry.

Mining veteran Malcolm Norris says he’s struck upon a gold-copper resource that may make the world’s resources giants sit up and take notice.

Miners will deliver a proposal document to the elected assembly drafting a new constitution for the world's largest copper producer.

While there's been no suggestion of wrongdoing in this month’s squeeze, the LME has a rich history of wild price moves when markets are over- or undersupplied.