Idled Canadian iron ore mine charged with $30K fine over pollution

As a result of the almost two months stoppage at Grasberg, the miner lost about 125 million pounds of copper and 125,000 ounces of gold in the quarter.

Odyssey Marine Exploration has now recovered 2,792 ingots weighing 80 pounds each from SS Gairsoppa torpedoed 300 miles off Ireland by a German U-boat in February 1941.

The Diaguita community has asked the country’s Supreme Court to revoke Barrick's environmental license for the mine.

Kibali Mine to start producing in October.

Bad news for the mining sector if so.

Miner has become the third-best performer this year among publicly traded Canadian metal and mining firms.

The most expensive of all, the Kohinoor, is worth over US$15 billion.

Peabody Energy added 170 positions to the list of lost coal jobs in Down Under.

New copper mine capital costs up by 15% per year over the past 20 years.