October 20, 2012 Freeport-McMoRan has no intention of establishing copper refinery The CEO of Freeport-McMoRan said on October 19 that the company will not construct a new copper refinery due to the abundant supply of copper and the low profit margin…
October 20, 2012 Newcrest Mining issues production report for quarter ending September 2012; Gold production down 21.6% YoY On October 18, 2012, Newcrest Mining Limited issued its quarterly report for the three months ending September 30, 2012.
October 19, 2012 S&P lowers Freeport McMoran’s stocks in wake of earnings report Equity research analysts at Standard and Poor's (S&P) lowered Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX) shares from “buy” to “hold.”
October 19, 2012 Xstrata still analyzing expansion project for Collahuasi Xstrata's CEO Charlie Sartain said that there will be "no progress on the feasibility study [of the Collahuasi mine] until we have full confidence that we are meeting business objectives."
October 19, 2012 Nevada Copper files resource update NI 43-101 technical report on SEDAR The updated mineral resource includes the results of approximately 44,000 meters of resource delineation drilling completed during the period from October, 2010 to August, 2012.
October 18, 2012 Baja Mining reports no damages to Boleo project due to hurricane Paul Baja Mining informs that its 49% owned company has resumed its normal activities after the passage of hurricane "Paul" in the Baja California Sur region.
October 18, 2012 Sundance Minerals announces start of drilling at San Ricardo gold project, Sonora, Mexico The company announced the initiation of Phase 1 drilling at the San Ricardo gold project located within the prolific porphyry and epithermal gold-silver-copper belt of northern Sonora State, Mexico.
October 18, 2012 Pershimco reports additional results 155m @ 0.46g/t gold and 0.72% copper PDH-12033 returning 155m @ 0.46g/t Au and 0.72% Cu including 50m @ 1.52% Cu and 0.77g/t Au within the sulphide zone.
October 17, 2012 Oil and coal save BHP’s September quarter results BHP Billiton (ASX,LON,NYSE:BHP), the world’s biggest miner by market value, posted Wednesday a weaker than expected September quarter from its West Australian iron ore mines as the company’s work on…
October 17, 2012 China’s share of global mining M&A’s doubles as total deals decrease China's percentage of international mining merger and acquisition deals nearly doubled during the first half of the year according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
