June 8, 2016

China on track to import 1 billion tonnes of iron ore this year

Chinese import volumes jumped 22% in May compared to last year giving support to iron ore price back above $50 a tonne.

June 8, 2016

Gold firms gear up for growth as cost of mining the metal falls

Early signs of activity include Kinross Gold's March decision to expand its Mauritanian gold mine and Goldcorp acquisition of junior Kaminak for $520 million in May.

June 7, 2016

Canadian mining giant dries up water resources in Mexico

Goldcorp, through its local subsidiary Peñasquito, is being singled out as the biggest water offender in the north-central Mexican state of Zacatecas.

June 6, 2016

Goldcorp and Teck plow ahead with new $3.5bn mine in Chile

The project, renamed NuevaUnion, would be one of the largest copper-gold-molybdenum mines ever-developed in Latin America.

June 6, 2016

Commodities storming back into bull market

Most analysts believe the commodities market has turned a corner and that prices are unlikely to return to lows seen in the past year.

June 6, 2016

Mining Case Study: Receiving the right date removes the guess work

To address issues created by a fast refueling system, Los Pelambres mine in Chile invited several companies to submit proposals to solve multiple issues.

June 5, 2016

Mexican tax demand prompts NAFTA challenge by mining firm ahead of 3 Amigos summit

A Canadian mining company's NAFTA challenge against Mexico could throw a wrench into the "Three Amigos" summit on June 29, when the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico…

June 3, 2016

Here are the world’s top 10 gold producing mines

This year, global production is expected to level out as project development budgets were slashed during the three-year gold bear market. But with gold prices rebounding, miners are in a…

June 2, 2016

Iron ore price rout accelerates

CHARTS: Down 26% in a month the forward curve now points to the low $30s.

June 2, 2016

Joy Global surprises with quarterly profit, shares jump

The results, which surpassed Wall Street expectations, come on the back of a modest increase in service sales and aggressive cost cuts.