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The world’s hardest working gold mines

Ten gold mines that timed the gold price rally to perfection – Barrick owns four of them.

Frik Els | November 3, 2016 | 7:00 am

Glencore did better as commodity trader than miner in Q3

While output was down for most commodities it mines and sales, it has improved earnings forecast for its trading unit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 3, 2016 | 6:52 am

Glencore to reopen yet another coal mine in Australia

The move comes only a few days after it resumed operations at Collinsville mine in Australia's Queensland state.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2016 | 8:55 am

BHP Billiton jumps on the electric car bandwagon

The world’s largest miner sees electric vehicles boosting copper demand.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2016 | 5:50 am

Aussie iron ore magnate Rinehart invests in UK’s biggest potash mine

Sirius Minerals’ York mine is expected to be one of the world’s largest in terms of the amount of resources extracted, generating an initial 10 million tonnes of polyhalite per year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 31, 2016 | 7:55 am

Mining jobs finally picking up in Australia

This is probably the headline most people who have lost their jobs in the last two years were dying to read.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 31, 2016 | 3:00 am

Glencore closes another zinc mine

Black Star deposit at Mount Isa in Australia depleted after 13 years of operation.

Frik Els | October 31, 2016 | 1:03 am

Clinton, Australian anti-coal activists, and Wikileaks

According to Wikileaks, activists opposing Adani's Carmichael coal mine in Australia have been receiving funding from an American organization.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 28, 2016 | 11:57 am

Peabody Energy in restructuring talks with lenders, stakeholders — sources

Peabody circulated a term sheet last week that implied the first lien debt would be impaired, prompting an organizational push, MINING.com has learned.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 28, 2016 | 6:55 am

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