Rio Tinto-Glencore a ‘poor match’: Sam Walsh Walsh emphasized Rio was not planning any major acquisition to protect itself from a potential takeover by the commodity trader and miner rival. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2014 | 3:00 pm
Rio, BHP very close to develop U.S. largest copper mine Arizona’s lawmakers have slipped a piece of legislation that would allow the mining giants to go ahead with their massive Resolution Copper project. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2014 | 11:30 am
Barrick teams with Saudi Arabian miner to run copper mine Miner may try replicate partnership with other of its stalled projects, such as Pascua Lama in South America. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 3, 2014 | 1:35 pm
Water, human rights and reputations – managing the impacts of mining projects What’s the connection between access to water, human rights and mining projects? It’s a complicated area where the vast challenges that lie ahead can only increase as the century progresses. Dr. Elizabeth Adey - Wardell Armstrong | December 2, 2014 | 5:22 am
Guatemala’s huge mining royalty hike makes Tahoe unhappy The country’s congress passed Friday legislation to increase mining royalties from 5% to 10%. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 6:32 pm
UK passes historic transparency law for oil, gas and mining companies The law provides a standard for the US to follow in finalizing its own rules requiring payment disclosure Oxfam America | December 1, 2014 | 12:30 am
Copper hits 4-year low in New York End of strike at Peru’s biggest copper mine and weaker oil prices drove Dr. Copper goes to the ICU. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 4:36 pm
Rio Tinto cuts spending, defers capex, keeps dividend The mining giant said it was committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders in 2015 despite a severe drop in iron ore prices. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 3:30 pm
Deep-sea miner Nautilus to get $113m of escrowed funds The sum will be given on the completion of the sale of 15% of its Solwara 1 project to an entity nominated by Papua New Guinea. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 2:23 pm
