Chile to loosen major miners’ grip on idle land

Chile’s government will seek talks with large-scale mining companies to make more land available for smaller mineral explorers as it seeks to expand the copper industry, the world’s largest.

Bloomberg News | October 8, 2014 | 12:29 pm

Canada’s oil sands image set for overhaul with new Premier

Canada’s reputation as climate bad-boy was invented in Manhattan in 2008.

Bloomberg News | September 30, 2014 | 12:10 pm

JPMorgan Among Banks Mining Demand for Polish Coal Bonds

Poland’s top three coal companies, burdened by losses amid communist-era benefit payments and a market glut, are hiring banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and BNP Paribas SA to sell debut Eurobonds to raise cash.

Bloomberg News | September 25, 2014 | 12:34 pm

Gold futures fall to eight-month low on dollar’s rally

Gold futures traded little changed after falling to the lowest in eight months and silver extended a slump to the cheapest in four years.

Bloomberg News | September 22, 2014 | 5:52 pm

Gold Fields seeks to buy producing mines to increase cash flow

Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) seeks to buy mines already in production to boost cash flow, said the South African producer of the metal with operations from Australia to Peru.

Bloomberg News | September 21, 2014 | 9:33 pm

African Barrick to drop parent’s name in ‘rebranding’

African Barrick Gold majority owned by Barrick Gold said it will drop its parent’s name when it unveils a new corporate identity in November.

Bloomberg News | September 15, 2014 | 1:01 pm

Guinea said in talks on $14 billion bauxite mine forsaken by BHP

China’s Shandong Xinfa Aluminum & Electricity Group is in talks with Guinea to invest $14 billion in a bauxite project abandoned by BHP Billiton said a government official with knowledge of the matter.

Bloomberg News | September 13, 2014 | 7:53 pm

U.S. Mint platinum coins bypassed in rush for gold

Gold and silver have value as hedges against a devaluation of the dollar, while platinum is viewed as an industrial commodity.

Bloomberg News | August 21, 2014 | 7:26 am

Oil and mining laws in South Africa may be split: minister

South Africa should consider drafting separate laws to regulate the fledgling oil and gas industry to encourage investment, Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said.

Bloomberg News | July 15, 2014 | 4:34 pm

China’s Rare Earth Toxic Time Bomb to Spur Mining Boom

The toxic time bomb set by China’s rare earths mining boom is set to boost the prospects for some of the $12 billion of projects being developed outside the world’s biggest supplier.

Bloomberg News | June 5, 2014 | 4:39 pm

Coal versus poverty in Kosovo tests world bank clean-air pledge

The smokestacks at Kosovo’s oldest power station tower over decaying buildings and a tangle of rusty pipes, polluting the Balkan countryside and posing the first test of the World Bank’s pledge to avoid coal.

Bloomberg News | June 2, 2014 | 1:09 pm

Gold, Silver futures head for longest rally since August

Gold and silver futures headed for the longest rallies since August as economic concerns boosted demand for the metals as alternative investments.

Bloomberg News | February 10, 2014 | 7:19 pm

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