May 23, 2011 South African gold and coal mines faced with 14% wage increase demand South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Monday it would seek a 14 percent rise in salaries from the country's gold and coal miners in upcoming wage talks.…
May 23, 2011 Indonesia to review all existing mining permits as new mining regulations passed Indonesia will audit over 8,000 existing mining permits to make sure they are in line with mining and environmental laws, the country's finance minister said on Monday, days after the…
May 23, 2011 Cavico announces participation in vertical coal mine shaft project Cavico Corp. (Nasdaq:CAVO) a major infrastructure construction, infrastructure investment, and natural resources conglomerate based in Vietnam, announce that Prime Minster Nguyen Tan Dung has approved its proposal for a project…
May 23, 2011 U.S. Department of Justice clears Cat acquisition of Bucyrus The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has closed the investigation into Caterpillar Inc.’s planned acquisition of Bucyrus International and cleared Cat to move forward. The DOJ action, in addition…
May 23, 2011 Chile to halt financing of military spending with copper exports The Santiago Times reported that Sebastián Pinera, president of Chile, signed a bill which if approved by Congress, would eliminate a substantial source of revenue for Chile’s armed forces and…
May 23, 2011 Alto Group acquires historic Great Excelsior Mine in Washington Alto Group Holdings, a mining and commodities trade company headquartered in New York, announced on Monday the acquisition of the Great Excelsior Mine in Washington State. The Great Excelsior Mine,…
May 23, 2011 Top-three driller Foraco pushes miners for longer contracts TSX-listed drilling services firm Foraco International is looking to sign longer contracts with mining companies, especially the majors, rather than the one-year terms that have been the norm in the…
May 23, 2011 West Africa opens its doors to Fordia Canadian manufacturer Fordia is strengthening its presence on the African continent with the inauguration of its first office in Ghana as a hub to handle its West African operations, covering…
May 23, 2011 BusinessDay: Producers warn on prices even as gold demand rockets Gold demand surged in the first quarter of this year as purchases of the precious metal for investment climbed 11% to 981.3 tons in the first three months according to…
May 23, 2011 Dramatic fall in China rare earths exports China's rare earths exports in April were 53% down on a year earlier and 12.6% from the March figure, yet export value per tonne rose ten-fold, customs data showed on…
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
