Colombia to auction mining areas with potential copper, gold

Any re-instatement of sanctions will, if at all, pose minimal additional hurdles to new investors, BMI Research says.

It was an up and down year for commodities, but things ultimately finished in the black.

In a final report, the agency acknowledges that concentrations of some metals at the Animas river following the spill were higher than historical mine drainage.

The Swiss firm already has a 69% stake in the DRC mine, which jointly owns with Israeli mining tycoon Dan Gertler.

With only a couple of exceptions, metal and mineral prices rallied in 2016 – see at a glance how far the industry has come.

Congress has now the power to kill in one fell swoop dozens of regulations and executive orders recently issued by President Barack Obama.

Australian researchers say acacia trees and termites that thrive in arid climate conditions can guide explorers towards rich gold deposits.

The global mining industry rebounded from multi-year lows in 2016 – MINING.com's most popular posts of the year tell the story.

The EMR Capital private equity firm run by Owen Hegarty has agreed to buy the Golden Grove copper and zinc mine in Western Australia from MMG for $US210 million ($291m), giving Mr Hegarty control of the mine for a second time.