Workers at Codelco threaten work halt to quarantine against coronavirus

Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group officially opened today a new OTR tyre retread and repair facility near the port city of Antofagasta, in the heart of Chile’s mining industry.

Crisis-hit Venezuela has $3.5 billion in debt payments due within 10 days (and $12 billion in 2016) and really only its gold bullion reserves to pay for it.

In 2011, during the peak of the so-called “mining boom”, the sector was worth nearly US$2.5 trillion.

World's top gold producer announces free cash flow of $866 million in third quarter.

The money is the first payment in a $3 billion aid plan authorized under a new funding mechanism, designed to avoid a slump in production.

Construction and mining equipment account for almost 90% of Komatsu’s revenue.

The government is planning to open up new mining areas for gold and copper exploration.

The number of registered artisanal miners, or barrequeros, inside Colombia now top 100,000 and production should keep rising.

Vancouver firm drops 12% after announcing a bought deal with bankers at discount followed up by a gold-silver-copper streaming deal with Yamana.