May 11, 2012 Gold! Haitians hope ore finds will spur economic boom from mining for gold, copper and silver Its capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel. And yet, Haiti’s land may hold the key to relieving centuries of poverty,…
May 11, 2012 End of the Kim era at Kazakhmys When Kim got involved with Kazakhmys (then called ZhezkazganTsvetMet) during the 1990s the Soviet era the state company was in complete disarray and debt laden. He turned Kazakhmys into a…
May 11, 2012 After Bougainville black eye, Rio Tinto wading back into PNG Rio Tinto may attempt to re-enter the mining industry in Papua New Guinea after a distastrous experience in the 1980s, according to a report this week in PNGIndustryNews.net.
May 10, 2012 BC mining industry the epicentre of investment These are the good old days for the British Columbia mineral exploration sector.
May 10, 2012 The commodity megatrend Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the 20thcentury. The new and long-term upward trend began with most commodities in late…
May 10, 2012 Qatar plonks $4 billion on Xstrata and hands Glasenberg another victory The oil and natural gas rich nation's stake in the coal giant is now 8% with a target of over 10%, providing crucial back for Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg to…
May 9, 2012 Taseko redux? BC first nation flexes muscles on Red Chris A proposal by Imperial Metals to develop the Red Chris mine in northern BC is not sitting well with a local First Nation.
May 9, 2012 Mongolia backtracks on state ownership of mining companies Fearing a backlash by foreign investors in the mining sector – the foundation of the country's economy – Mongolian legislators on Tuesday watered down many of the provisions of draft…
May 9, 2012 Chinalco Mining seeks $1 billion IPO for massive Peru copper mine With huge investments in Peruvian copper, Chinalco Mining, a division of the giant Aluminum Corp of China, follows another Chinese state-owned miner to the Hong Kong market to raise money.
May 9, 2012 Doctor Glencore predicts ‘healthy’ demand for raw materials Swiss commodities trader Glencore International PLC (LON:GLEN) painted a rosy outlook for the worldwide demand for raw materials this year, as China and the U.S. help offset the impact of…
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
