Cecilia Jamasmie , Editor-in-Chief

Gold falls to four-month lows

Gold prices hit a four-month low today as worries over Europe's financial health, particularly Greece and Spain, and massive trading losses for JPMorgan hurt stock markets and the euro, prompting investors to shelter in the US dollar.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2012 | 4:00 pm

The mining industry’s future belongs to robots

Automated operations are winning over today’s mining industry. Whether it is autonomous trucks, tele operated drills and blasts or automated logistics applications, mines are increasingly introducing these kinds of equipment and solutions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2012 | 3:45 pm

Vale’s $4 billion Apolo iron ore project in Brazil jeopardized

Mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) is having second thoughts about going ahead with its $4 billion Apolo iron ore project in southeast Brazil, which may be affected by the federal government's decision to create a nature reserve in the area.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2012 | 2:42 pm

Uranium prices to hit rock bottom this year

With the price of uranium down about 25% from levels reached before the Japanese earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan last year, the least the industry wanted to hear was what the latest edition of the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index had to say: the yellow material prices may well bottom in 2012.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2012 | 1:28 pm

South African government granted right to appeal in Sishen mineral rights case

A South African court on Friday granted the Department of Mineral Resources and Imperial Crown Trading (ICT) permission to appeal in a complex case for limited rights at Sishen, one of the world’s largest iron-ore mines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2012 | 12:27 pm

Protesters want Rio Tinto off the Olympic podium

A protest against London 2012 sponsor Rio Tinto (LON & NTSE:RIO), which has supplied the metal to make the Olympic and Paralympic medals, welcomed the company’s shareholders this morning in Brisbane, Australia, where the annual meeting of the company’s board was taking place.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2012 | 4:00 pm

AngloGold profit almost double in Q1 and plans investments of $1.9 billion to boost production

Africa's largest gold miner AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) posted first-quarter earnings Thursday of $429 million, which more than double the same period last year, despite a drop in production on the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2012 | 1:32 pm

African Barrick goes ahead with Tanzania’s Bulyanhulu expansion

African Barrick Gold (LON:ABG) shares rose 6% today as the miner announced its board has approved a $185 million expansion at Bulyanhulu, its underground gold mine in Tanzania.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2012 | 1:02 pm

BHP merging embattled aluminum and nickel divisions

BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) added to market rumors that its nickel business is not relevant for the miner anymore by announcing yesterday it had merged the stainless steel materials unit with another struggling division: aluminum.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2012 | 12:18 pm

Canadian Teck Resources shows renewed interest for the iron ore industry

Canadian miner giant Teck Resources Ltd. (NYSE:TCK, TSX:TCK.B) is interested in entering the iron ore industry and would seek to acquire a producing asset rather than develop a mining project, chief executive Don Lindsay told Bloomberg yesterday at the Canada Economic Summit, in Toronto.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2012 | 3:34 pm

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