Agnico Eagle takes stake in Finnish explorer to access key asset

According to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the Swiss-based company is the one “holding the whole process to ransom".

A survey of over 100 mining equipment buyers and decision-makers shows that 40% of them are still focused on cost cuts.

PennEnvironment claims the steelmaker has repeatedly violated the federal Clean Air Act at its Monessen coke plant since the facility reopened last year.

The approval will include “the same rights and the same level of legal and fiscal certainty provided under its contract of work,” the company said without elaborating.

Six people have been killed in anti-mining protests so far this year, including three at last week's clash between police and locals near Las Bambas copper mine.

To come to terms with what has happened in the gold equities market, you have to understand what has happened to gold itself.

A decision on Friday by a Greek court going in favour of Eldorado Gold's (TSX:ELD) Skouris mine has bumped the stock up by close to 10 percent.

Domestic scrap prices have fallen below the cost for Chinese coastal mills to produce pig iron.

Indian and Chinese importers make the most of the summer months to import a total of nearly 500 tonnes.