May 30, 2011 Alberta is the oil sands’ best friend An editorial in last Wednessday's National Post ("Ottawa isn't the oil sands' enemy") left readers with an inaccurate portrayal of the Alberta government's role in the oil sands.
May 30, 2011 Pan Terra Industries to acquire 90% of Mertens high grade copper mine Mitchell Adam, President and CEO of Pan Terra Industries announcedit has entered into a Letter of Intent (the "LOI") to acquire 90% of the issued and outstanding common shares of…
May 30, 2011 Capstone adds 219 million pounds of copper in M&I mineral resource at Minto mine Capstone Mining announced the result of a National Instrument 43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate for the Wildfire/Copper Keel area at the Minto Mine in Yukon, Canada. Wildfire/Copper Keel is now…
May 30, 2011 Post tsunami, Japan’s diamond imports keeps growing Japan dispelled fears among many diamond traders that after the earthquake and following tsunami that hit the country on March 11, it will lose its taste for diamonds. In April,…
May 30, 2011 Blue Star launches online rough auction Arjav Diamonds, part of the DTC Sightholding group Blue Star Diamonds, has launched an online auction for rough diamonds, out of the Indian diamond-processing city of Surat. Blue Star chairman…
May 30, 2011 Botswana: Record Q1 Diamond Exports Botswana exported $462.5 million worth of polished diamonds in March, a 50.7% year-over-year increase in exports, based on figures released by the Bank of Botswana. This brings the country’s first…
May 30, 2011 Commodities boom drives economic growth in several Canadian provinces A Conference Board of Canada report says high energy and metals prices "are prompting resource companies to invest billions in iron ore projects, nickel processing and offshore oil developments" in…
May 30, 2011 Resourcehouse launches $3.6bn IPO in Hong Kong Australian mining company Resourcehouse, controlled by billionaire Clive Palmer, launched its planned $3.6 billion Hong Kong IPO on Sunday, betting on rising coal prices to attract investors to its large…
May 30, 2011 Australia warns resources firms to be vigilant for cyber attack Australia's government urged companies on Monday to tighten vigilance over cyber attacks launched offshore against some of the world's biggest resource firms and other businesses, warning high-tech threats were intensifying.…
May 30, 2011 Gold hedging beginning to increase again? One of the contributors to the low gold prices of the 1970s was substantial hedging of forward output by mining companies, either as corporate policy, or at the insistence of…
Europe trawls for alternative aluminum supply in face of Mozal shutdown The plant shipped almost 430,000 tons of aluminum to the EU in the first 10 months of 2025. December 16, 2025 | 12:25 pm
