March 30, 2012

B2Gold profit up on higher gold prices

Canadian miner B2Gold Corp reported a 68 percent rise in fourth-quarter adjusted profit, helped by increased output and higher gold prices.

March 30, 2012

NovaGold shareholders OK copper spin-out

TSX-listed NovaGold shareholders on Wednesday gave a big thumbs up to the spinout of NovaCopper, with less than 1% of them voting against the deal at a meeting in Vancouver.

March 30, 2012

Robot meets 30 foot cliff

Boston Dynamics, a leading robot maker funded by the US Army, filmed two of its latest devices navigating rough terrain.

March 30, 2012

Will India stop buying gold?

We've read mixed reports about how lofty gold and silver prices are affecting demand in India.

March 30, 2012

China Carbon Graphite reports higher revenues, net income and fully diluted EPS for the year 2011

Said Donghai Yu, Chief Executive Officer of China Carbon: "For the year, our sales of these products rose 211 percent and 68 percent, respectively, and both products provided us with…

March 30, 2012

Lithium One announces merger with Galaxy Resources Limited valued at approximately C$112 million

Galaxy has spent the last 18 months searching the world for a high quality, undeveloped lithium brine deposit and we believe Lithium One's Sal de Vida lithium-potash project in Argentina…

March 30, 2012

Hindustan Copper to quadruple capacity by 2017

Copper miner, Hindustan Copper, is to invest $650 million in eight mining projects across India over the next five years in a bid to quadruple capacity.

March 30, 2012

New Millennium Iron chooses Outotec for pellet plant

New Millennium Iron Corp. of Calgary has chosen Outotec to provide feasibility engineering for a new pelletizing plant to be located in Pointe Noire. It will treat concentrates from New…

March 30, 2012

Australia: Future Fund leader launches missile at carbon, mining taxes

David Murray, the man charged with running the Future Fund for the past six years has used his last day in the job to lambast the carbon tax, labelling it…

March 30, 2012

Gold rises as dollar index tumbles one-month low

Gold prices climbed on Friday as the dollar fell to the lowest rate in a month against several currencies.