Vale and Amazon Indians begin talks after threats of setting mine on fire Vale said the tribe wants to modify an agreement to mitigate the mine's impact on its community's development. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 15, 2014 | 6:01 pm
Asteroids mined for fuel to generate trillion dollar market, says firm Orbiting spacecraft could be refuelled with water taken from asteroids—but some experts doubt the economics. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2014 | 10:00 am
BHP Billiton a step closer to selling-off non-core operations World's largest mining company said to be unloading all of the non-core units acquired after the merger with Billiton 13 years ago. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 10, 2014 | 6:48 pm
Brent Cook: Exploration sector hasn’t hit bottom yet Brent Cook from Exploration Insights chats with Cambridge House Live anchor Vanessa Collette about the state of the junior mining sector. Cambridge Network | June 7, 2014 | 7:02 pm
US start-up ready to sell lab-made rare earths The first two to hit the market are neodymium and dysprosium, needed for manufacturing powerful magnets that work at high temperatures. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2014 | 5:11 pm
Bargain hunters drive Molycorp shares 11% higher US rare earth miner up sharply from historic lows in heavy volume. Frik Els | June 4, 2014 | 10:09 pm
Philippines eyes $1bn revenues from proposed new mining law The new revenue-sharing scheme would see the government taking 55% of the industry's net revenues or 10% of gross revenue, whichever is higher. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2014 | 2:37 pm
Vale gets green light to restart nickel mine in New Caledonia After over three weeks of being suspended over a chemical spill into a local river into a local river that killed about 1,000 fish. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2014 | 11:15 am
Vale’s New Caledonia nickel plant under siege, up to $30m in damage Angry rioters attacked the nickel facility, which has been closed since early May after an estimated 100,000 litres of acid-tainted effluent polluted a nearby creek. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 27, 2014 | 3:54 pm