Weak mining demand impacts Sandvik profit The Mining division, Sandvick’s biggest business unit, was hardest hit area with a 30% decline in orders. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2013 | 3:23 pm
Barrick to face fresh legal challenges on Pascua Lama Chilean indigenous group that has led the legal battle against Barrick wants the Supreme Court to order a new environmental impact assessment study. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2013 | 12:29 pm
Caterpillar remains on the Top 15 brokers list CAT is the #9 broker’s pick, on average, out of the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2013 | 6:25 pm
Copper, diamonds boost Anglo’s results ahead of strategy review Anglo American is likely to report a 31% profit drop next week, when CEO Cutifani unveils key strategy for the underperforming mining group. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2013 | 5:02 pm
Anglo’s Cutifani is the new chairman of 125-year-old De Beers Cutifani succeeded Cynthia Carroll, who had to leave the company late last year due to shareholders pressure over the Anglo’s overall performance. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2013 | 3:53 pm
Sirius Minerals delays potash mining plans in English national park The miner had expected to begin production in late 2016, with initial output of 5 million tonnes per year. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2013 | 2:00 pm
BHP cuts $400 million from Pilbara expansion budget The world's largest miner is cutting planned investment on a new blending and rail stockyard at Port Hedland. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2013 | 11:44 am
World’s largest iron ore mine shipments hindered in Brazil Carajas, fully owned by Vale, is the world's largest iron ore mine and holds 7.2 billion metric tons of iron ore in proven and probable reserves. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2013 | 8:45 pm
Guide to surviving the global mining crisis launched Most obvious measures include abandoning non-essential exploration work, postponing hires and focusing on core-business operations. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 2, 2013 | 5:27 pm
Almost 30,000 mining jobs and $9.5bn in investments at risk in Australia Mostly affecting the country's coal sector, which lost over 1,000 jobs last week alone. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 2, 2013 | 3:50 pm