May 9, 2011 Rio Alto pours 1,115 oz of gold at La Arena, Peru Rio Alto Mining Limited (TSX-V:RIO) is pleased to announce the first gold pour at the La Arena gold oxide mine in north-central Peru on May 6. The mining rate at…
May 9, 2011 Taipei Times: Vale opens new coal mine in Mozambique Taipei Times reports: Brazilian mining giant Vale opened a new US$1.7 billion coal mine in Mozambique yesterday, tapping the southern African country’s thermal and coking coal reserves of about 23…
May 9, 2011 Thompson Creek announces first quarter 2011 record production of 10.3 million pounds of molybdenum and approves Mt. Milligan capital expenditure budget Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("US GAAP"). All dollar…
May 9, 2011 Silver Wheaton declares second quarterly dividend payment for 2011 Silver Wheaton Corp. ("Silver Wheaton" or the "Company") (TSX:SLW)(NYSE: SLW) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has declared its second quarterly cash dividend payment for 2011 of…
May 9, 2011 Silver: Buy weakness and enjoy the strength It was a week like we haven’t seen since the beginning of the crash in early 2008, but this time it was mostly in the commodity sector. Many stocks did…
May 9, 2011 Teck announces Fording River collective agreement and related charge to earnings Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) announced today that employees at its Fording River operation in southeastern British Columbia have ratified a new five-year agreement, replacing an…
May 9, 2011 Gwyn Morgan: Canadian universities need to train for highly skilled jobs in mining, forestry, manufacturing, etc. Globe and Mail columnist Gwyn Morgan argues that Canadian Universities maintain an "academic independence" paradigm that keeps graduates from training for highly skilled jobs in mining, aerospace, construction, manufacturing, forestry,…
May 9, 2011 West Virginia: Massey Energy mine shuts down production to retrain miners on safety practices after citation The Republic reports that Massey Energy will stop production at Randolph Mine in West Virginia mine for three days to retrain workers after the operation was cited for a string…
May 8, 2011 De Beers to sell Namaqualand to Trans Hex for $33.5M De Beers announced that it will sell the Namaqualand diamond mine in South Africa to Trans Hex for 225 million Rand ($33.5 million). The sale joins a number of low…
May 8, 2011 First blast signals start of shaft sinking phase at Wesizwe’s Frischgewaagd-Ledig complex Following the approval by Wesizwe shareholders in March 2011 of the total mine development financing solution offered by the Chinese consortium of Jinchuan, CAD Fund and Micawber, TWP Projects, a…
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
