Anglo American narrows debt despite posting steep first-half loss The miner said its turnaround plan was “on track” as it slashed debt and beat earnings forecasts in the first half of the year. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 28, 2016 | 6:45 am
Peru losing its battle against illegal gold mining A force of marines and rangers sent in the past days to raid the Tambopata reserve, in the country’s southern Amazon, has already been outnumbered. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 27, 2016 | 9:45 am
Antofagasta lowers full-year copper output target, says surplus shows little sign of easing The Chilean copper miner said full-year production would be at the lower end of the 710,000 to 740,000 tonnes it predicted in January. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 27, 2016 | 4:36 am
Copper production growing by 1m tonnes a year ICSG study forecasts global copper output growing at a robust average annual rate of 4% to reach 26.5 million tonnes a year in 2019. Frik Els | July 26, 2016 | 5:13 pm
Freeport sees way forward without asset sales Investors shrug news of $1.5 billion share issue to welcome halt of copper disposals after $4 billion assets sold just this year. Frik Els | July 26, 2016 | 4:09 pm
Barrick in talks with South African miners to sell stake in Acacia — report The potential sale of its its 64% interest in Acacia would be part of Barrick's broader strategy of selling non-core assets to reduce debt. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 26, 2016 | 11:50 am
Caterpillar further cuts profit, sales forecast CAT said commodity prices remain on the low end and had yet to translate into increased mining activity or higher demand for equipment. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 26, 2016 | 4:50 am
China snaps up $4.5bn worth of overseas mining assets in just six months Most of them have been after existing operations and companies, rather than trying to build mines from scratch. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2016 | 9:02 am
Copper price pulls back on rising USD North American stock markets continued to climb on Friday, while the dollar ascended a four-month high, causing downward pressure on precious and base metals prices. Andrew Topf | July 24, 2016 | 3:12 pm
