Rio Tinto says halt of copper shipments from Oyu Tolgoi ‘a bump in the road’ Chief executive Jean-Sebastian Jacques comments come as the company had to suspend shipments from the Mongolian mine last week. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2016 | 7:03 am
Barrick Gold brings in new director to regain strength in Latin America The gold producer said the region will play an increasingly important role in its growth strategy. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2016 | 2:27 am
Trump’s impact on metals and mining in one chart Interactive: Donald Trump's victory has created winners and (huge) losers for the mining industry. Frik Els | December 6, 2016 | 8:11 pm
Chinese-Korean group to build $2 billion lithium batteries plant in Chile Based on the conglomerate's estimates, opening such plant would increase value of the product 35 times, comparing to what it could be obtained by just selling it as lithium carbonate. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 6, 2016 | 10:05 am
US celebrates National Miners Day On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, the nation will pay tribute to the American miner, both past and present, on National Miners Day. Graphic Products | December 6, 2016 | 5:26 am
Big mining’s age of austerity far from over But asset sales will slow says new report. Frik Els | December 5, 2016 | 8:21 pm
Copper price: Warnings over US trade with China, Mexico Moody's says base-metals will come under pressure in 2017 – and that includes the zinc price. Frik Els | December 4, 2016 | 8:12 pm
Hedge funds make $5 billion bet on rising copper price Large scale speculators in copper futures lift bullish positioning to unprecedented 2 billion pounds. Frik Els | December 4, 2016 | 6:19 pm
Top 10 mines riding zinc price wave Zinc is the best performing metal of 2016. Vladimir Basov | December 4, 2016 | 5:03 pm