May 27, 2011 Minmetals to receive $150.4m for Equinox stake sale Minmetals Resources Ltd , a unit of China state-run China Minmetals Corp, said it would net $150.4 million from the sale of its entire stake in Equinox Minerals Ltd after…
May 27, 2011 Gold grades better than expected for Orezone at Bomboré Orezone cut higher grades of gold in near surface oxides and deeper sulphides in a 15,000 metre round of drilling at the Bomboré project, Burkina Faso. "If the trend continues…
May 27, 2011 Weaker dollar boosts copper prices Copper rose to its highest in three weeks on Friday, reversing losses in the previous session, as a weaker dollar boosted prices. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3…
May 27, 2011 Zambia approves Barrick, Equinox deal Zambia has approved the proposed takeover of Equinox Minerals by Barrick Gold on condition the government keeps its 2.2 percent stake in Equinox, a regulatory body said on Friday. The…
May 27, 2011 Rare earth/ critical metal jackpot: Money Talks interview Canadian financial commentator Michael Campbell does a Q&A with Dr. Michael Berry of Discovery Investing. In the column, Campbell and Berry discuss the U.S. debt crisis and the Greek situation,…
May 26, 2011 China’s gold output to reach 400 t/y by 2014, demand at 700t Chinese gold demand could rise over 22 percent in the next three years and sharply outpace domestic production, the head of the country's largest state-owned gold miner China National Gold…
May 26, 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 26, 2011 Lawsuit suggests Obama secret agenda to bring down coal miner Massey Energy Executives of Massey Energy Co (MEE.N) believed President Barack Obama had a secret agenda to bring down the coal company after 29 men were killed in an accident at one…
May 26, 2011 Fortescue drops $1 billion term loan raising Australia's Fortescue Metals said on Thursday that due to weak credit market conditions it had dropped plans to proceed with a previously announced $1 billion unsecured term loan facility. The…
May 26, 2011 Scarcity and rising demand a plus for platinum Most people in the car industry believe that rising gas prices will crimp car sales. However, according to a recent survey, 32% of Americans say they will buy a new…
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am