March 18, 2011 Volatility in global markets jumps – what does this mean? After the earthquake and Tsunami wreaked horrendous damage in Japan and was blamed for huge drops in equity and other markets, extreme volatility was the best description of most global…
March 18, 2011 Northern Manitoba nickel mine could re-open by April Crowflight Minerals has made an out of court settlement for $7.1 million, thus paving the way for a re-opening of Bucko Lake mine by early April, The Winnipeg Free Press…
March 18, 2011 Alberta government to tax mining companies for cleanup The Alberta government will collect three times more revenue than previously under its revamped mine security program, which pledges to collect money for mine reclamation, The Edmonton Journal is reporting.…
March 18, 2011 Inuit residents reject uranium mining at public forum As Japanese workers and scientists battle to prevent a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima plant, most Nunavut residents who showed up to a public forum Thursday night rejected the spectre…
March 18, 2011 First Uranium: S Africa mine operations resume Canadian gold and uranium producer First Uranium Corp (FIU.TO) said on Friday it has resumed underground operations at its Ezulwini gold mine in South Africa. A temporary work stoppage instruction…
March 18, 2011 Queensland University Develops Green Technology for Mine Sites The University of Queensland (UQ) has developed a new technology to support plant growth at mine sites previously unable to support any vegetation due to heavy metal soil contamination. With…
March 18, 2011 Nippon Steel/Sumitomo draft merger plan submitted Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd submit draft merger proposal Tokyo (Reuters) - Nippon Steel Corp, the world's fourth-biggest steelmaker, and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd submitted a draft proposal…
March 18, 2011 What happens to metals commodities if (when) China slows down? In July 2007, one year after the housing bubble peaked and five months before the beginning of the Great Recession, Citigroup CEO Chuck Prince talked to the Financial Times about…
March 18, 2011 Minera Andes to spin out Los Azules project Minera Andes (MAI.TO: Quote) said on Thursday it plans to spin out its Los Azules copper project in Argentina into a new publicly traded company. The Toronto-based exploration company said…
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge Company just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. February 08, 2026 | 06:36 am
