Striking miners at BHP’s Escondida block roads, clash with police
Incidents come despite a local judge ruled late Tuesday that a deferred payment from 2016 should go out to workers within 48 hours.
Incidents come despite a local judge ruled late Tuesday that a deferred payment from 2016 should go out to workers within 48 hours.
The shortage of copper predicted for the next five years has the potential to skyrocket prices due to upcoming supply issues.
Since it burst onto the world’s metallurgical scene in the late 1960s, copper SX/EW has gone from strength to strength and has seemingly blitzed all comers. But it does have some drawbacks, which opens up opportunities for possible options.
Gold builds on 15-week highs as large-scale derivatives speculators bump exposure to a rising gold price by a fifth, the most bullish move since November 1.
Canada’s oil sands could struggle to rebound, with potentially billions of barrels of oil being kept underground permanently.
The top 10 ranking of the lowest all-in cost gold mines in the world – former US president Herbert Hoover was once in charge of no. 8 on the list.
Precious metals erase nearly all post-election losses – silver price enjoys longest weekly winning streak in more than a decade.
Things are looking up for the Australian coal industry.
The world's fourth largest miner of the steelmaking ingredient said it also benefitted from declining costs.
Large scale precious metals futures speculators push bullish bets on silver to 20-week high while exposure to gold continues to be cut.