April 16, 2012
Junior miners partly to blame for poor price performance
While there are a number of external factors behind the recent fall in the valuations of junior miners, there is a sense that the companies themselves should bear some of…
April 16, 2012
While there are a number of external factors behind the recent fall in the valuations of junior miners, there is a sense that the companies themselves should bear some of…
April 16, 2012
Sales of precious metals, art and jewelry at Japan’s department stores have been on the rise in March, outpacing the growth of most other consumer categories.
April 16, 2012
About 40-minutes’ drive beyond a seaside resort town in Mexico, past tomato, mango and orange farms, Westridge Resources has optioned an 11,000 ha property. The Charay project (pronounced "cha-rye") is…
April 16, 2012
MINING.com counts more than 90 billionaires involved in minerals, metals and mining on the planet with a combined wealth of well over $300 billion.
April 15, 2012
The world's largest copper miner has been forced to buy from other miners and traders to meet its deliveries to customers, a rare move that underscores how the mining industry…
April 15, 2012
Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. wants to buy the diamond mining operations of BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto PLC and merge them to create a challenger…
April 15, 2012
Two of Vale's massive Valemax carriers were in Subic Bay, Philippines for just under a month transferring cargo to smaller ships to carry iron ore onto China, because the 400,000…
April 15, 2012
Transnet on Monday raised the curtain on its recently announced $37 billion expansion programme, saying it included an ambition to take thermal coal rail capacity to 98Mt per year by…
April 15, 2012
Influential shareholders in Coal of Queensland will take court action today as part of a dispute over whether they should be allowed to buy a large part of the company…
April 15, 2012
U.S. diamond traders and buyers imported less diamonds in February and increased their exports during the month. At the same time, the focus is shifting to higher value goods.
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