May 20, 2015 BHP to pay $25 million in 2008 Beijing Olympics bribery probe The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission concluded BHP did violate a U.S. anti-corruption law by paying for officials and their families to attend the Games.
May 20, 2015 EU lawmakers surprise with vote on ‘blood metals’ ban The main objective of the legislation is to ensure that profits from those so-called “blood metals” — tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold — do not go to African warlords.
May 20, 2015 Australian miners warned not to ignore ties between Latin America, Asia The increasing engagement of Latin America with Asia may potentially be at the expense of Australia’s traditional sense of right to be a major Asian player, expert says.
May 20, 2015 Mitsui mulls expanding into food, drugs sectors to offset profit drop The firm created a new division in April to evaluate deals in those areas, and in the past six months has made mining infrastructure-related investments in the U.S. and Africa.
May 19, 2015 Traders warn on gold liquidity as banks stay away A few years ago London's precious metals traders would arrive at their desks to find the phones flashing. On the other end of the line were rival banks looking to…
May 19, 2015 K+S on track to begin producing potash from Legacy mine next year Legacy will be the first new potash mine built in Canada's Saskatchewan in the last 40 years.
May 19, 2015 Mining companies could shift market share away from OEMs if product quality is compromised As mining companies reinforce their push to minimise costs, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are at risk of losing market share if their product quality, after sales services and inventories, is…
May 19, 2015 Peruvian discovery may hold ‘hidden pool’ of rare earths Capacscaya also has significant amounts of copper, zinc, cobalt, aluminum and iron ore.
May 19, 2015 Global gold, copper, iron ore output down in Q1 — report Much of the overall decline in reported gold output was due to a significant quarter-on-quarter production declines from AngloGold Ashanti, Goldcorp, and Sibanye Gold.
May 19, 2015 Oil sands stakeholder gives Imperial Metals a $25 million helping hand The loan will be used for the development of the company's Red Chris gold and copper mine in northwest British Columbia.
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