Vale slashes investment budget for third straight year to $14.8bn Budget for 2014 is 9.2% lower than last year’s and well below the $18 billion total from 2011. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 2, 2013 | 5:53 pm
Taseko files papers to set aside New Prosperity findings Vancouver-based Taseko Mines is asking a federal court to set aside a panel's findings related to damage to water resources at its New Prosperity copper-gold project in BC. Frik Els | December 2, 2013 | 5:49 pm
Barrick next chairman might get a helping hand from China John Thornton has strong connections to Asia, particularly China. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 2, 2013 | 4:56 am
Minister says Peru’s copper production to jump 17% next year Peru is "working hard" to start large scale copper projects put on hold by community and environmental protests. Frik Els | December 1, 2013 | 9:30 pm
Chile’s Codelco’s Jan-Sept profit down 61%, output also low Copper production declined 0.3% in the period due to lower ore grades, harder rock and more complicated production processes. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 29, 2013 | 5:07 pm
Vancouver backer of giant Arizona copper mine surges 80% on environment study The environmental impact statement for Augusta Resource's massive Rosemont copper project has been finalized. Frik Els | November 27, 2013 | 11:48 pm
Mining sector welcomes Canada’s shift to ‘dollar diplomacy’ By 2018, Canada's government wants small and medium-sized enterprises presence in emerging markets to have grown from 29% to 50%. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2013 | 7:34 pm
Global exploration budgets down 29% in 2013 Canada accounted for just over 13% of the total, the smallest share in 14 years. The DRC made it to the top 10 mining destinations for the first time. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2013 | 5:55 pm
Australia’s mining boom is over The country is seeing a transition from the investment phase to the production phase and this transition is 'only just the beginning.' Ana Komnenic | November 27, 2013 | 5:36 pm
