March 16, 2011 Swift path for skilled workers in Australia SKILLED workers will be able to fast-track to full trade qualifications in as little as 18 months. Skills Minister Chris Evans said the Federal Government would also provide $200 million…
March 16, 2011 Rio warns on metals prices in the short to medium term Global miner Rio Tinto warned that metals demand could fall in the near term and prices could be volatile in the medium term due to economic imbalances, but the long…
March 16, 2011 No plans for force majeure – Sumitomo Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd Japan's third-biggest steelmaker, said it had no plan to declare force majeure on input deliveries. The company has suspended operations of the two giant blast furnaces…
March 16, 2011 Canada on the brink of becoming a major iron ore producer Financial Post mining writer Peter Koven discusses why a perfect storm of factors has conspired to make Canada the next great producer of iron ore — with help from the…
March 16, 2011 What’s going to happen to uranium stocks? The balloon in uranium stocks has suddenly been popped by the imminent threat of a nuclear reactor meltdown in Japan. Jonathan Ratner from The Financial Post looks at what could…
March 16, 2011 Gem Diamonds: one tough day for results With Japan the third biggest buyer of global jewellery, Tuesday was a tough day for London-listed Gem Diamonds to announce results.
March 16, 2011 Heavy rains affect Australian gold output – AngloGold Ashanti The world’s third-largest gold miner said heavy rains in Australia have affected output at its Sunrise Dam mine.
March 15, 2011 First Quantum doubles quarterly profit First Quantum Minerals posted a US$455 million profit in the third quarter, the Vancouver-based company reported on Tuesday. That compares with $227 million in earnings in the three months ended…
March 15, 2011 Gold & silver daily: debunking the gold bubble myth It was no surprise to me to see gold blast off once trading began in the Far East on Monday morning.
March 15, 2011 Bearish nuclear picture clouds Olympic Dam expansion BHP's $30-billion expansion of its Olympic Dam copper, uranium and gold mine could be in doubt as a result of the nuclear emergency unfolding in Japan, Barry Fitzgerald writes in…
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
