March 15, 2012

Northern B.C. economy set to overtake Metro Vancouver

Northern B.C. is about to pass Metro Vancouver for economic growth, according to a new forecast by Central 1 Credit Union.

March 14, 2012

Risks challenging Latin American miners

Mining companies face risks in Latin America, from nationalization to skilled labor shortages.

March 14, 2012

Green Swan Continues With Acquisition Strategy in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle

Green Swan Capital Corp. ("Green Swan") (TSX VENTURE:GSW) today announced it has agreed to purchase a package of six non-contiguous mining tenures in southeastern British Columbia.

March 14, 2012

Prosperity Resources increases interest to 80 pct in two gold, copper licences in Indonesia

Prosperity Resources ' ( ASX: PSP ) 81%-owned Indonesian subsidiary PT Prosperity Surya Persada has acquired an 80% equity interest in two key gold-copper licences in Aceh Province in Indonesia.

March 13, 2012

Copper-rich north Chile hit by heavy rains, ops continue

Chile's arid Atacama desert, home to several of the world's key mines, has been experiencing heavy rains but copper miners Collahuasi and Cerro Colorado say operations have been little affected.

March 13, 2012

Chile’s Antofagasta shares dive despite record profit in 2011

Shares of Chilean miner Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) were down 3.1% this morning after the company disappointed market hopes for a whopping special dividend and announced instead a cut on dividends…

March 13, 2012

ABB wins $100 million power orders to boost production at Rio Tinto mines in Australia

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $100 million from Rio Tinto for 17 distribution substations to support increased production at iron ore mines…

March 13, 2012

China gives miners another scare as $58 billion monthly swing hands it largest trade deficit in 12 years

MarketWatch quotes  Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang as saying:  "Overall, economic conditions are getting weaker at a fast pace. The slowdown is happening faster than the government expected."

March 12, 2012

Investors pile into Caledonia Mining after new copper-cobalt find in Zambia

Caledonia, worth $57 million on the TSX, is up 35% so far this year and ten times the usual volume of 131,000 shares changed hands on Monday.

March 12, 2012

Taseko announces earnings for year end 2011

Revenues for 2011 were $251.9 million from the sale of 60.8 million pounds of copper and 974,000 pounds of molybdenum. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 were $60.5 million…