December 27, 2012 Fire at Randgold mine in Ivory Coast impacts production Gold miner Randgold Resources (NASDAQ:GOLD, LON:RRS)) cut its production guidance for its Tongon mine in Ivory Coast after a fire in the mill section of a plant.
December 27, 2012 To become a major minerals producer, Venezuela’s biggest challenge is itself Venezuela has its eye on becoming a major minerals producer, though its capacity to do so is in question, according to Maplecroft's principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith.
December 27, 2012 Coal seam gas mining may risk ocean life: report Groundwater leaks from shore into the ocean floor itself and experts are trying to figure out the implications of this for the supply of fresh water on land and aquatic…
December 27, 2012 Environmental audit gives West Canada placer gold miners failing grade Nearly three-quarters of Cariboo gold miners failed a “clandestine” audit on environmental standards, according to documents released through a British Columbia freedom of information request.
December 27, 2012 Rosenberg’s reasons to go for gold Despite the recent drops in gold prices, David Rosenberg, the chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff and former Chief North American Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is…
December 27, 2012 Swarovski unveils palace made out of crystals Diamond-like crystals manufacturer Swarovski and UK architect Asif Khan have built a “palace” made out of Swarovski luxury gems.
December 27, 2012 Atlas Copco to acquire MEYCO, broadens offering for tunneling and mining Deal broadens Atlas Copco’s offering with mobile equipment for applying sprayed concrete (shotcreting) in underground operations.
December 27, 2012 SLIDESHOW: Working Canada’s oil sands Alberta's oil sands will positively affect all Canadian provinces and will lead to billions of dollars of jobs and investment across the country.
December 27, 2012 Will Papua New Guinea’s safest city survive the closure of Ok Tedi mine? The mining town of Tabubil, in Papua New Guinea, is facing the closure of the nearby Ok Tedi copper mine, an operation that currently employs nearly 2,000 people, most of…
December 27, 2012 HD Mining refuses to show B.C. unions the files on work permits for Chinese miners The Canadian miner that is bringing in hundreds of miners from China to work on a northern B.C. coal operation is refusing to release its files on the temporary work…
Copper output from Codelco rises 3.7% in December Copper production from the Chilean state-run miner rose to 181,400 metric tons. February 10, 2026 | 09:19 am