May 31, 2012 A blessing for some and a bane for others: the gold under Rosia Montana in Romania The planned development of Rosia Montana, proposed location for Europe’s largest open cast gold mine, is splitting the community
May 31, 2012 Highland raises $16.5 million for Upper Peninsula copper properties Micro-cap Highland Resources added 28% to trade at 9c on Wednesday on higher than usual trading volumes, after announcing it has closed the final tranche of its non-brokered private placement,…
May 31, 2012 Renegade Congolese general Ntaganda made fortune from mining: report Bosco Ntaganda, a fugitive UN war crimes suspect who recently defected from the army and is believed to be behind Democratic Republic of Congo’s most recent rebellion, is apparently bankrolling…
May 31, 2012 Outer Harbour 1, Olympic Dam-Jansen 0: BHP gets final approval for $20 billion iron ore expansion There are "growing signs" that Outer Harbour will take precedence over BHP's massive Olympic Dam project and the greenfield Jansen potash venture in Canada.
May 31, 2012 Why isn’t this copper miner smiling? He’s getting a $45 million bonus just for staying on In all $265 million will be doled out to senior management at Xstrata to stop them from jumping ship after a merger with Glencore. The two companies are also paying…
May 31, 2012 Canada’s Kinross Gold to focus on Paracatu gold operation Canada’s third main gold miner Kinross Gold (TSX:K) will focus on its wholly-owned Paracatu mine, in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, after it sold its stake in the Crixas gold mine…
May 31, 2012 Infographic: The world’s biggest heists from diamonds to art The creative department at ADT Home Security Services produced the following infographic, depicting some of the largest diamond, cash and art-related crimes around the world in recent times.
May 31, 2012 Glenstrata ready to become the largest mining industry merger in recent history The prospectus giving details of the creation of a $90 billion mining and commodities trading behemoth will finally find its way to the inboxes of shareholders today.
May 31, 2012 What if the gold megabulls are right? The economic conditions that would precipitate the massive jump in the gold price that many of the megabulls are predicting could be horrendous, but perhaps the politicians can carry on…
May 31, 2012 Gold producers, Indian cutters might fund Canada’s newest diamond mines With positive feasibility studies in hand, companies aim to start building at least three new diamond mines in Canada by the third-quarter of next year, at a combined cost of…
Australian lithium miner PLS Group signs supply deal with China’s Canmax Company has signed an offtake deal to supply 150,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate for two year. February 09, 2026 | 01:46 pm
