Miners rate social licence, climate change as top concerns. Really?

The new merged company projects a 1.3 million tonnes of copper output per year by 2018.

MMX posts loss as Batista's empire is dragged down by debts and his wealth declines $1bn in a month.

The Guerrero Gold Belt, a sexy, new, developing mining district in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, has attracted some exciting explorers that have unearthed key discoveries.

Study shows that gold deposits are created instantaneously through a process called 'flash vaporization'.

World number one gold miner contradicts earlier reports.

Business magnate has billions of dollars of debt and has lost a huge chunk of his personal wealth.

Tensions over Vale dropping potash project with skyrocketing costs rise.

Peruvian artisanal and small-scale miners have until October to become "formal miners" by achieving environmental certification.

In 2011, Codelco was hit by a one-day strike that cost it $40 million.