March 14, 2012 Zimbabwe’s 2012 Gold Output Slower than Expected Reuters reported that Zimbabwe gold production has started slow this year, missing output targets. As quoted in the market news: Gold production reached 8 tonnes in 2011, up from a…
March 14, 2012 Impala Platinum transferring 51% of mine stake to Zimbabwe’s government called ‘naive and irresponsible’ South Africa's Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats), the world’s second-largest platinum producer by volume, has agreed to transfer 51% of Zimplats, its subsidiary in Zimbabwe, after long-drawn-out negotiations with the government…
March 14, 2012 Japan buys US$435m Xstrata’s stake in Canadian coal operations Japanese JX Nippon Oil & Energy acquired a 25% of diversified miner Xstrata Coal operations in Western Canada for US$435 million, creating a joint venture that will build the business…
March 14, 2012 Suncor Energy reports unplanned maintenance on oil sands upgrader Suncor Energy announced today that one of its two upgraders (U2) at its oil sands facility will be taken offline for unplanned maintenance due to a U2 fractionator performance issue.
March 14, 2012 What are the world’s 10 richest diamond mines? Which country is home to the richest diamond mines? If you said Canada, you'd be close, and if you said Botswana or South Africa, you'd be right on the money.…
March 14, 2012 Oil sands reclamation not all it’s cracked up to be: Researchers A trio of researchers at the University of Alberta says oil sands reclamation isn’t doing everything companies are claiming.
March 13, 2012 Bayfield Drills 13.94 g/t Au Over 3.0m Within 3.46 g/t Au Over 19.5m in Eastern Zone at Burns Block in Rainy River District, NW Ontario Bayfield Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BYV) (OTCBB:BYVVF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce additional assays from the exploration of the eastern portion of the Burns Block.
March 13, 2012 Globex: NSGOLD to Update Resource Estimate at Mooseland Gold Property GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (TSX:GMX)(FRANKFURT:G1M)(OTCQX:GLBXF) is pleased to provide shareholders with the most recent results from the 2011 drill program by NSGold Corporation on Globex's Mooseland royalty property in Nova…
March 13, 2012 Carlisle’s Updated Resource on the MacLellan Mine Project Triples Measured and Indicated Resources to 2.02 Million Gold Equivalent Ounces Carlisle Goldfields Limited (TSX:CGJ) (the "Company" or "Carlisle") announces that an updated mineral resource estimate has been calculated for the Company's 100% owned MacLellan Mine Project near Lynn Lake in…
March 13, 2012 European giant Glencore eyeing Canada’s Viterra Glencore (GLEN.L) is one of a handful of parties eyeing a potential bid for Viterra (VT.TO), Canada's largest grain handler, as the diversified trading house looks to boost its agricultural…
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
