Politics are turning against copper mining in top producer Chile
Chilean copper mining is facing its biggest regulatory threat since the industry took off more than three decades ago. Triggered by the...
Silver is up over 70% in a year. Here’s why experts say it could have further to go
Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) is acquiring a 17.8% stake in Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX), which owns and operates the Eagle gold mine in the...
China moves to cool rally as iron ore prices explode
China’s commodity exchanges on Monday moved to raise trading limits and margin requirements for some iron ore contracts and reinstated...
Visualizing two decades of Central Bank gold reserve changes
Gold-hoarding nations: Changing gold reserves since 2000 Gold has long been an important hedge in times of uncertainty, and unlike...
Anglo American CEO: “45% of the world’s economic activity is driven by the mining sector”
Tasked with talking about the role of mining in society as part of the opening plenary at this year’s virtual CIM convention, Anglo...
Record metals prices catapult mining profits beyond big oil
Major oil producers, for decades the natural resource industry’s top earners, are being eclipsed by once-smaller mining peers who are...
Polyus becomes world’s largest gold miner by reserves
Russia’s largest gold producer Polyus on Thursday said that its total proved and probable ore reserves had risen by 71% to 104 million...
JV Article: Gatling Exploration grows footprint in Abitibi gold belt
Latest drill results set stage for unlocking value at underexplored Fernland, one of three deposits at Gatling’s Larder asset in...
Fortuna Silver to buy Roxgold in $884 million deal
Canada’s Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE: FSM) (TSX: FVI) is buying fellow miner Roxgold (TSX: ROXG) in a deal valued at about C$1 billion...
Trafigura bets on green-nickel squeeze in defiance of China cure
Just weeks after a novel production method upended the nickel market, two of the top names in the battery-supply chain made a play that...