December 13, 2012 Nevada Copper announces positive feasibility study results for stage 1 underground mine First production targeted for early 2015, with an initial mine life of 12 years.
December 12, 2012 Taseko Mines weathers multiple storms Canadian Taseko Mines (TSE:TKO) is having a rocky end of the year as workers threaten with a strike at the company’s copper-molybdenum Gibraltar mine, in British Columbia, and First Nation…
December 12, 2012 Xstrata puts off $5.9bn mine in Philippines until 2019 Swiss miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) is delaying the commercial production of its $5.9 billion Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines to 2019, Sagittarius Mines Inc, the firm's local unit, said Wednesday.
December 12, 2012 A critical year in review: what’s next? As the year comes to a close and we prepare to extend our coverage further, we are revisiting our most popular expert interviews from 2012.
December 12, 2012 Aussie mining boom is far from bust – shift to operational stage will see better spreading of benefits Spoils of the country's resources bounty will be better distributed as the mining sector enters an operational phase
December 11, 2012 $27 billion injected into Amazonia mining by 2016 Vale's Carajas iron ore mine is the biggest but some 60 gold explorers are also active in the Brazilian region.
December 11, 2012 Aussie miners told ‘death’ only excuse for not working on Christmas Miners who don’t show up to work the Christmas and New Year period at Sandfire Resources’ DeGrussa copper and gold mine in Western Australia, are being threatened with major fines…
December 11, 2012 Rio Tinto and Anglo sell Palabora to Chinese group Mining giants Rio Tinto and Anglo American are selling a 74.5% shareholding in the South African copper company Palabora Mining to a consortium of Chinese and South African firms, in…
December 11, 2012 The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada announces 2013 award recipients Winners were announced in the fields of prospecting success, mine development, international discoveries, distinguished service, social responsibility and Aboriginal achievement in the mineral industry.
December 11, 2012 Glencore-Xstrata deal hits South African snag Glencore has extended the deadline to complete takeover of Xstrata (LON:XTA) by a month after South African power utility Eskom expressed worries about its coal supplies.
