May 7, 2012 New Chinese iron ore trading platform debuts tomorrow The new China Beijing Metals Exchange (CBMX), the country’s first physical iron ore trading platform is set to debut Tuesday, with the major producers of the commodity BHP Billiton (NYSE:RIO),…
May 7, 2012 Is this Baja Mining’s ‘Et tu, Brute?’ moment? A recent turn of events in an escalating fight between Baja Mining and dissident shareholder, Mount Kellett Capital Management, might seem to share a little of the plot from William…
May 6, 2012 South Africa mine casualty figures at record low Miningmx.com reports April has seen the lowest number of mining fatalities ever in South Africa, according to figures released by mines minister Susan Shabangu.
May 6, 2012 Copper price: There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear A takeover of the 134-year old LME – responsible for 80% of the global metals futures trade – is expected to become official this week amid talk of manipulation and…
May 6, 2012 300 Kazakhmys workers end 3-day underground sit-in Authorities in Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic of 16.7 million people, are especially wary of labor unrest in single-industry towns after a months-long dispute involving sacked oil workers last year…
May 5, 2012 Goliath vs David and Goliath battle brewing over world-first ‘stainless steel’ deposit Vancouver's First Point Minerals served notice of arbitration on Cliffs on Saturday because the iron and coal giant refuses to hand over crucial information about the tiny explorer's Decar project,…
May 5, 2012 Global miners will fight advance of resource nationalism – Glencore CEO Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg told a conference in Switzerland that mining companies will fight resource nationalism by pulling out of countries where they feel demands are too onerous.
May 4, 2012 India’s quest for coal stalls as red tape kills mining takeovers India’s quest for natural resources to power its growing economy and compete with China has met the enemy: Its own red tape.
May 4, 2012 Locus awarded GSA contract under IT schedule 70 SAN FRANCISCO, —Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in Cloud-computing enterprise software for environmental, energy, air, water, and compliance management, has been awarded the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) General…
May 4, 2012 TransCanada seeks Presidential approval for northern pipeline route Four months after having its Keystone XL pipeline project rejected by the Obama Administration, TransCanada Corp. is taking another crack at the $7.6-billion project.
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