The drying up of equity and debt markets coupled with new lows in cash reserves have pushed Canada's junior mining industry on a further downward financial trend, according to PwC's yearly report on the TSX Venture's top 100 junior mining companies. But the in...

Zimbabwe has asked two ferrochrome producers, including a unit of China's Sinosteel Corp Ltd, who own 80% of all chrome mining claims to release some ground for distribution to new investors, the mines minister said on Wednesday. Zimbabwe holds the world's sec...

Commodities jumped on Friday, headed for their largest weekly gain in more than three years as base metals roared higher after Glencore pledged to slash zinc output and gold hit three-week highs after dovish Federal Reserve minutes.

Prices for goods exported by Kazakhstan decreased by 2.5 percent in August compared with July, while prices for goods imported by Kazakhstan saw a 2 percent decrease, said the message of the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakh...

October 13, 2015 - Molybdenum oxide prices started a new week on a weaker note, as further aggressive sales and offers pushed the market lower. The Platts daily dealer molybdenum oxide assessment fell to $4.70-$4.80/lb on Monday from $4.80-$4.90/lb on Friday....

Nickel prices have rebounded after dropping to a near seven-year low last week, buoyed by market speculation that heavily indebted miner and trader Glencore Plc could curb output following cuts to its copper and zinc production.

It should also be noted that in respect of the more recent information and location of prospects, a number of those identified included possibly planned smelters, although there is no certainty that any planned smelter will proceed and to date apart from Gulf'...

Nickel miner Western Areas will defer nearly A$32.6-million in capital expenditure from 2016 to 2017 as it battles the sustained decline in nickel prices.