Chile helping miners to stay afloat, but threat of labour reform, lower copper prices loom The government has set aside some $20 million through June to assist small and medium miners Cecilia Jamasmie | March 8, 2016 | 1:30 am
Global mining exploration down 19% in 2015 The global exploration sector continues to struggle against strong market headwinds, a new reprt shows. SNL Metals & Mining | March 7, 2016 | 12:10 am
Huge Minnesota copper-nickel mine clears environmental hurdle PolyMet says the NorthMet Project will annually produce 72 million pounds of copper, 15.4 million pounds of nickel, 720,000 pounds of cobalt and 106,000 troy ounces of precious metals. Andrew Topf | March 6, 2016 | 4:19 pm
Mining stocks in once-a-decade rally Friday's jump in copper and iron ore prices propel mining stocks to biggest weekly gain since 2008. Frik Els | March 4, 2016 | 2:43 pm
Mining to boost Peruvian GDP this year despite low copper prices The country expects around $56 billion worth of mining projects to come on stream this year. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2016 | 10:25 am
Freeport won’t sell stake in Serbian copper project to Lundin The $263 million deal is expected to close in the second quarter. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2016 | 5:24 am
At least 1,300 jobs to go as ENRC steps up cost-cutting measures in Congo The layoffs may increase to 1,800 if the metal prices don’t recover soon, said the company. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2016 | 9:00 am
World’s top copper miner sees metal at $2 a pound for at least two years Codelco says current copper rally will be short-lived. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2016 | 9:52 am
Barrick announces ‘drastic revision’ of Pascua-Lama, may add partner Analysts believe that Barrick’s partner in Papua New Guinea, Zijin Mining Group, could be the one to help turn Pascua-Lama into a success. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2016 | 4:06 am
