March 18, 2012
Brazilian mining company Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) halted iron ore and passenger transport for an undetermined period on a stretch of its Carajas railroad in north Brazil after an accident…
March 18, 2012
STAND by for a re-ranking of Australia's tin hopefuls. Peruvian mining giant Minsur recently put together a list of the world's top tin resources, China being No 1 with 60…
March 18, 2012
RUSAL, the world's No.1 aluminium producer, said comments by former chairman Viktor Vekselberg had damaged its reputation and shareholder value, and threatened unspecified legal action.
March 18, 2012
Mines Minister Obert Mpofu told the Sunday Mail that cabinet last week had decided to tell mining companies to bring back earnings from their Zimbabwe operations which were deposited in…
March 18, 2012
New Dawn gold mining company is in negotiations with authorities in an effort to comply with the country's indigenisation laws.
March 18, 2012
Mr Tom Albanese CEO of Rio Tinto as saying that company has shrugged off concerns about a slow down in Chinese demand for commodities, reiterating its faith in the Asian…
March 18, 2012
As Chile is hit by falling ore grades and Peru is hit by delays due to populist agitation, the copper market is pinning a lot on the start of copper…
March 18, 2012
The government of Laos has given the green light to a Thai company to conduct coal prospecting and exploration on an area of 36.7 square kilometres in Nakheng and Namon…
March 18, 2012
Shipping operations at Australia's Port Hedland have resumed after a tropical cyclone that passed through the Pilbara iron ore belt weakened to below cyclone intensity and moved inland on Sunday.
March 17, 2012
Storm of criticism over its decision to reject a proposal for the first aboriginal-owned bitumen refinery in the oilsands.
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