Molycorp rallies 44% Production nearly doubles quarter on quarter. Frik Els | February 3, 2015 | 12:46 am
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are ‘extremely silly’ says Elon Musk Casting shade. Michael Allan McCrae | February 2, 2015 | 5:55 pm
Here is how metal-eating bacteria may make asteroid mining profitable The technique, known as biomining, is already being tested here on Earth as a sustainable treatment of ores and mine waste. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2015 | 5:31 pm
Mining M&A: Private equity can’t run away fast enough The smart money is waiting for fire sale prices before jumping into metals and mining. Or worse; has simply lost interest in the sector. Frik Els | January 29, 2015 | 1:32 am
Freeport-McMoRan slashes capital spending, to divest stake in Indonesian unit The U.S. largest miner by market value and revenue has already slashed its capital budget for the year by $2bn and it is ready to make further cuts. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2015 | 4:35 pm
Anglo American mulls sale of more coal mines in Australia The operations that may be added to the list of assets for sale are Dawson and Foxleigh, in Queensland. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 23, 2015 | 5:17 pm
Baja Mining’s long-delayed and almost dead El Boleo finally reaches production Red metal output at the mine, over 18 months behind schedule and $750 million over budget, is expected to ramp-up by July. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 23, 2015 | 11:08 am
World Bank: Commodities falling like it’s 1985 Organization predicts a rare occurrence in 2015: a decline in all nine commodity indices with industrial metals falling another 5%; precious metals down 3%. Frik Els | January 23, 2015 | 12:17 am
Peruvian rare earth discovery richer than initially thought Geology consultants leading the project found the rare earth claim has the highest range of rare earth metals in Peru. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 22, 2015 | 4:00 pm