June 12, 2012
The 49-year-old boss of the world's largest mining company took home £9.8 million ($15.2 million) last year including bonuses, pension contributions and stock options.
June 12, 2012
"The presence of several styles of mineralization, the high grades, the consistency of the assays and the setting are all indications of a potentially significant gold-bearing system."
June 11, 2012
Reuters reported Guinea, in partnership with Bellzone (LSE:BZM) and the China International Fund, has begun operations at its first iron ore mine.
June 11, 2012
Aquarius Platinum, the world’s fourth-largest platinum producer by volume, has responded to a fall in prices for the precious metal by mothballing a mine jointly owned with Anglo Platinum, arguing…
June 11, 2012
Canada’s number 3 gold miner by output said about 600 workers had returned after the four-day strike at its Tasiast mine in Mauritania.
June 11, 2012
The Agbaou project in Côte d'Ivoire has entered the construction phase of development. The open pit mine is expected to produce 103,000 ounces of gold per year over 8 years
June 10, 2012
First Uranium's (TSE:FIU) plan to sell some of its South African assets was thrown into further disarray after Kumvest (Pty) Ltd. offered to buy First Uranium in order to block…
June 10, 2012
Junior coal miners need to shift attention to domestic market, cash in on drop in export prices, says commodities analyst.
June 10, 2012
Returning multinationals create mining boom in once-war ravaged country synonymous with brutality and child soldiers Lying in Sierra Leone's mineral-rich eastern belt, the Koidu Holdings diamond mine and others like…
June 10, 2012
Large double-digit declines in the value of rough diamond trade by the U.S. in April. Rough diamond imports of $29.7 million fell 24.7 percent year on year.
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