August 24, 2012
The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, wants to leave the news of its first decrease in annual profit in three years behind by focusing on finding the most lucrative…
August 24, 2012
China's regional governments have unveiled a slew of new stimulus plans over the past two months worth a total of 7 trillion yuan according to Chinese-language news sources.
August 24, 2012
Less than 24 hours after Australia's minister for resources and energy declared that the country's mining boom had come to an end, he appeared saying he was misinterpreted, and that…
August 24, 2012
China's biggest copper producer has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong in order to reduce the cost of financing raw material imports and future acquisitions.
August 24, 2012
The Korean Consortium has advanced approximately $73.5 million of the total $90 million of Stage I financing, which is sufficient to trigger the reduction in Baja's interest in MMB from…
August 23, 2012
There's no doubt the big story in mining in Manitoba these days is HudBay's Lalor project near Snow Lake. Weighing in at about $700 million, the zinc/copper/gold mine is shaking…
August 23, 2012
The heated legal battle between Anglo American and its Chilean adversary Codelco has finally come to an end as the parties announced Thursday that they've reached an agreement.
August 23, 2012
The GJ project has a measured and indicated resource, at a cut-off of 0.20% copper, of 153.3 million tonnes grading 0.321% copper and 0.369 g/t gold and contains 1.09 billion…
August 22, 2012
Gertler, 38, used his relationship with DRC president Joseph Kabila and Kabila's now late adviser Augustin Katumba Mwanke to bag mining projects "by stripping from others if necessary, only to sell…
August 22, 2012
The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, has delayed its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion and said no major projects would be approved until June 2013 as it tries…
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