Global iron ore production growth to accelerate, driven by Brazil— report

As mining projects face headwinds from rising tensions, investors' courage will be tested, says Fitch Solutions Macro Research, which could hinder Ecuador’s plan to attract $4 billion to the sector by 2021.

There are real costs associated with conducting project cost estimates in-house.

The complaints come six days ahead of a special shareholders meeting on January 8.

Ruben Fernandes, who has led the company’s iron ore and nickel interests in the South American country for almost three years, will become CEO of Base Metals effective March 1.

Company has discovered a new copper and gold mineralization at its Porvenir project, located in southern Ecuador.

Barrick now trades as GOLD in New York and continues as ABX in Toronto.

Metso has agreed to acquire HighService Service, the service business of the Chilean mining technology and maintenance provider HighService Corp.

The founder of the US private security company aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, lithium and copper.

Raw materials have lost ground amid a flurry of signs the pace of expansion will slow next year.