April 11, 2011 BHP buys back A$6bn of its Australian-listed shares Top global miner BHP Billiton has bought back A$6 billion ($6.3 billion) of its shares, or 4.4 percent of its Australian-listed shares, as part of its $10 billion capital management…
April 11, 2011 China tests home-grown coal refuge chamber at Changcun mine chinaminer460.jpg Lu’an Group, a large Shanxi-based coal producer, completed what was according to state newsletter, People’s Daily Online, China’s first manned test of an underground refuge chamber on April 10. A team…
April 11, 2011 Freeport Indonesia workers fear for safety after Grasberg deaths Hundreds of Grasberg employees protested in front of the PT Freeport Indonesia offices for two days, refusing to go to work until their employer could guarantee their safety.
April 11, 2011 Consol Energy’s Wiley surface mine earns third R.E. Bailey Safety Award consol-energy-logo.jpg Consol’s Wiley mine in Mingo County, West Virginia has earned its third consecutive R.E. Bailey Safety Award as its 50 employees achieved a milestone in safety by working another…
April 10, 2011 Robert Winslow: potash stocks grow with agriculture boom Planet Earth is in the midst of a food bull market. Wellington West Capital Markets Managing Director Robert Winslow follows small-cap agricultural […]
April 10, 2011 Matrix carbon monoxide sensor passes advanced performance testing warrior-coal-pix.jpg The Matrix WAMS-S1000 Permissible Wireless Carbon Monoxide (CO) Monitoring Sensor has been listed by Intertek, a US Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). With this listing, the WAMS-S1000 fully complies with…
April 10, 2011 Egypt lifts gold export ban Egypt has lifted a ban on the export of gold due to increasing economic and political stability, the government said in a statement on Saturday. The government decided on Feb.…
April 8, 2011 Gold and Silver’s Daily Review With the Eurozone crises getting worse this week you may feel that the euro should be falling not the U.S. dollar. The interest hike yesterday of ¼% did the trick.
April 8, 2011 Gold mania: are we there yet? It’s understandable that people want to know where the precious metals market is headed next. And not just because big fluctuations can be nerve-wracking, but because it makes a big…
April 8, 2011 Mesa Exploration acquires potash projects Mesa Exploration Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MSA)(PINK SHEETS:MSAJF) has acquired the White Mountain Potash Project in western Utah consisting of approximately 1,700 acres of […]
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
