Mining

August 31, 2016

Mining has nothing to fear from Fed rate hikes

As expected, the prices of gold and copper are down ahead of the US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's much anticipated annual speech on the direction of monetary policy.
March 27, 2016

Mining supplier satisfaction levels rising

New reports show miners’ satisfaction levels have risen since the beginning of 2014.
March 5, 2016

Mining stocks in once-a-decade rally

Frenzied investors piled into the metals and mining sector on Friday as a rally on commodity markets led many to believe the market has reached a bottom after more than three years of declines.
February 9, 2016

Mining to get worse before it gets better

The heads of major miners expect the downturn to get worse before it improves, as the industry begins tearing through existing cash reserves.
January 17, 2016

This is what a mining, metals market meltdown looks like

A feeble attempt at a rally yesterday evaporated on Friday with the copper price hitting a fresh six-and-half year low of $1.9365 a pound ($4,270 a tonne) after falling nearly 2% in New York.