May 6, 2012 Bullish gold bets at 4-week high Wagers on copper increased sevenfold to 15,582, as prices slumped 2.7 percent, the first weekly drop in three. Bullish gold bets climbed 7.9 percent to 116,061, a four-week high.
May 4, 2012 Tweet of the day about Canada minting its last penny Video of the event was uploaded by Winnipeg Free Press.
May 4, 2012 Antofagasta shares hit by copper and gold production falls Shares of Chilean miner Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) were down over 4% at 11:20 ET after the company announced yesterday that its first-quarter copper production fell almost 13% amid rising development…
May 4, 2012 Eritrea’s great gold potential – and copper and silver and zinc The tale of Eritrea's first major miner, Nevsun, which has had mixed fortunes this year and gold explorer, Andiamo Exploration, whose chairman has been a long time believer in the…
May 4, 2012 Blockade lifted at BHP’s Escondida mine Mine access roads blockaded by contractors at BHP Billiton's Escondida mine have been re-opened.
May 4, 2012 Fluor wins copper mill optimization work in British Columbia worth $397 million Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded a contract from Teck (NYSE: TCK) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Highland Valley Copper…
May 3, 2012 Canada mints its last penny on Friday The Canadian penny will get a ministerial send off when the Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will be on hand to watch the last minting.
May 3, 2012 Copper is having a terrible 48 hours Due to its widespread use in construction, communication and transport copper is a bellwether for the global metals industry. The red metal […]
May 3, 2012 Contractors protest at BHP Billiton’s Escondida in Chile Contract workers blocked some roads to Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, on Thursday in a bonus dispute, although production operations weren't halted
May 3, 2012 Indonesia jumps on the mining exports tax wagon Indonesia has decided to have its mining cake and eat it too, as the country, one of the world’s largest exporters of copper and coal, will start imposing a 20%…
