Negotiations among Peruvian authorities, Newmont Mining and the local communities with the intent to end the seven-month conflict over the $5 billion Conga project in the northern region of Cajamarca, are leaving out one key piece: the workers.
This was the year for Australia’s mining boom Martin Ferguson hinted on Monday. The Resources Minister highlighted the end of the high commodity prices era that will force the country’s industry to increase its productivity and develop new technologies in order to remain competitive.
Dee Woo writes in the Business Insider that the Chinese government no longer has any policy options left, and it must start deleveraging.
Sunday Times reports (paywall) that BHP Billiton, which is shedding its non-core operations, is looking for a buyer for its Mount Nimba iron ore project in Guinea.
Four people were killed when a hopper wall collapsed in a mining company in east China's Anhui province Sunday morning, local authorities said.
Brazilian police arrested 26 people suspected of being involved in illegal gold mining in the Amazon.
It may look as if almost any mining stock you see these days is a bargain just waiting to be plucked.
Despite the recent deadly and divisive disputes over mining projects in Peru, London-based mining giant Anglo American got the green light from the regional government of Moquegua for its $3 billion Quellaveco copper mine.
A growing number of analysts are pointing out that returns from quantitative easing are fast diminishing.