Copper price rebounds, commodity demand signals “firing on all cylinders”

Uncertainty around the charter has deterred investment into a sector that accounts for 8% of gross domestic product in the world's top platinum producer

Secova Metals acquired 1151640 B.C. Ltd.

Country's Chamber of Mines says rail system is not ready to handle that amount of cargo, adding that the potential impact on the mining industry has not been properly considered.

Very few of the 150 companies who expressed interest in investing in the Mining Arc actually presented concrete offers.

Barrick Gold Corp said a power station that supplies its Porgera gold mine had been damaged, while Ok Tedi Mining Ltd said a landslip had blocked a road and damaged pipelines to its copper and gold mine in the Star Mountains.

BHP has said it expects to deliver $2 billion of net productivity gains by the end of the 2019 financial year.

Freeport is looking at other options for the asset, including possibly a joint venture to develop the large cobalt project.

CHART: Baltic Dry Index has plummeted 32% since December, opening up huge gap to closely correlated industrial metal prices.

Garibaldi Resources beats out tech, energy, life sciences firms for Toronto market's annual crown with 2,351% market cap gain and 150m shares traded.