February 23, 2012 Newmont announces record operating cash flow of $3.6 billion and record annual revenue of $10.4 billion in 2011 Record regular dividends paid to shareholders of $494 million, up 100% from 2010, representing a payout ratio of 23% of adjusted net income.
February 23, 2012 San Gold announces $15.0 million private placement Funds to Advance Rice Lake Exploration Programs
February 23, 2012 Wind turbines on their way to diamond mine The job of putting up the proposed hybrid wind farm at Diavik Diamond Mine has begun. Trucks are beginning to take the blades for the windmills and its other components…
February 23, 2012 China’s copper usage jumped 38% in October-November During the first eleven months of 2011, global usage grew by only 2.7% over 2010, but accelerated in October-November to 12% due to an jump of 38% in China.
February 23, 2012 Is People’s Bank of China really buying one out of every eight ounces of gold? Adrian Ash at BullionVault picks up the story in the FT that looks at massive gold buying in China over the last quarter of 2011, and the possibility that the…
February 23, 2012 Gold price comes roaring back as Iran sabre-rattling intensifies Gold's recent move higher to within sight of $1,800 an ounce for the first time since September is tracking that of oil which is trading at a nine-month high on…
February 23, 2012 Nuclear energy to grow fourteen fold in India India's Power Minister says that nuclear power will add 63,000 MW of capacity, a fourteen fold increase, to his country over the next 20 years.
February 23, 2012 Coeur d’Alene back in black with $1-billion in metals sales Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. broke production and sales records in 2011.
February 23, 2012 Rare Earth element found far, far away; tellurium detected for the first time in ancient stars Nearly 13.7 billion years ago, the universe was made of only hydrogen, helium and traces of lithium — byproducts of the Big Bang. Some 300 million years later, the very…
February 23, 2012 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s convention pumps $72 million into Toronto economy According to a recent report generated by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) Convention contributed nearly $72 million to Toronto's economy…
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