December 29, 2011 Gold drops below $1,550 Gold is ringing out the year on a sour note, dropping below $1,550/oz and losing nearly 10% of its value in the last month.
December 29, 2011 Russia coal mining ops to restart in key Siberia region Russia's Emergencies Minister has granted permission for coal mining operations in the Kuznetsk Basin to restart after they were halted following a strong earthquake in southeastern Russia, a Ministry spokeswoman…
December 29, 2011 Wyoming take from coal lease sales tops $2 billion Federal coal lease sales in Wyoming have netted the state a landmark total of $2 billion in the past two decades, according to the state's mining association.
December 29, 2011 Coal or koalas? Australia’s new dilemma When Singapore-based OGL Resources Limited (ASX:OGL) announced its plans to reopen the Ebenezer Coal Mine west of Brisbane next year, little did it know that koala lovers would take them…
December 29, 2011 Course reveals exploration secrets in Sudbury Trueclaim geotechnician Trevor Pacaud (right) points to an interesting piece of rock while showing prospecting students Sue Harrison, a Laurentian University geology student, and Todd Nelder, an exploration survey technician,…
December 29, 2011 Using a 350-tonne mining excavator to wash a car Cleaning a car using a mining excavator instead of washing by hand is certainly quicker, but results may vary.
December 29, 2011 VTB Bank buys iron ore stake Russia's second-largest lender VTB has bought a 20 percent stake in Metalloinvest, the country's largest iron ore miner part-owned by Alisher Usmanov, one of Russia's richest men.
December 29, 2011 Model mining portfolio: in a buying mood The mining sector now resembles a Civil War battlefield with a few wounded staggering around amongst the corpses, the shell holes and burnt out weaponry. It’s grim out there.
December 29, 2011 Gold is a prime example of the unwinding of a momentum trade Momentum is mystical, no one can truly explain where it comes from, why it manifests itself the way it does, or why […]
December 29, 2011 Another Asian Fukushima imminent? Taiwan imports 99 percent of its energy, which is vital to its rapidly industrializing economy.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
