Mining and metals markets crater as copper price enters bear market

Alamos is trying to buy Aurizon for Casa Berardi and Joanna.

A round up of commentary on the CEO switch.

That and fighting off BHP's advances.

Mining capex was up 12% to $211 billion last year.

Five gold miners working in a northern province of Colombia were kidnapped Friday afternoon by the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN).

While miners that already hold licenses will be allowed to keep working in the area, the authority emphasized that those permits will not be renewed once they expire.

Eskom's announcement removes one of the last few hurdles in the two companies' quest to create the world's fourth-biggest diversified miner.

He’s known as the most successful mining explorationist of the past century, having discovered 17 ore bodies, including the world’s largest copper mine

The piece is a 22-cm-long hunk of gold weighing 5.5 kg.