July 21, 2012 China’s Bosai Minerals Group ponders leaving Guyana due to hostility Chinese producer of bauxite Bosai Minerals Group halted its operations in Guyana on Friday due to violent protests against the miner that left at least three deaths on Wednesday, said…
July 21, 2012 Canadian Atlanta Gold forced to pay $2 million in fines An Idaho court has ordered Canadian Atlanta Gold Corp (TSX:ATG) to pay a bulky $2 million fine for its continuing failure to stop arsenic and iron from flowing into a…
July 21, 2012 Lithium ion batteries cost for electric vehicles to decline The price of automotive lithium ion batteries is expected to fall dramatically by the end of the decade and even further by 2025, according to a new McKinsey study.
July 21, 2012 Silver: A metal of sunken treasure and champions Earlier this week, Odyssey Marine Exploration, a world leader in deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, announced it successfully recovered approximately 48 tons of silver bullion from the SS Gairsoppa. Despite the silver…
July 21, 2012 India’s Jindal employees in Bolivia arrested and equipment seized for alleged ‘breach of contract’ Two employees of India’s Jindal Steel and Power were arrested on Friday and equipment confiscated in Bolivia, after the company abandoned its $2.1 billion El-Mutun iron ore project five days…
July 21, 2012 No signs of the mining boom ending for Australia any time soon: studies There is no end on sight to the mining boom in Australia, a country which mineral resources sector value is expected to reach $122.6 billion by 2016, growing at an…
July 21, 2012 Congo probe into mining companies’ disappearing tax payments The Democratic Republic of the Congo's new prime minister has ordered an investigation into the nation's mining industry after a damning report by an international watchdog found tens of millions…
July 21, 2012 China’s Sino Iron mine in Australia just got $2 billon more expensive The cost of building China's CITIC Pacific’s first iron ore mine in Australia, Beijing’s largest investment in the Aussie mining sector, has increased to a shocking $8 billion.
July 21, 2012 Two solar power plants to relieve mining sector’s power needs in Chile As subsidies for renewable energy are falling in the depressed European economies, which represent the world's largest market for solar technology, manufacturers have started looking to new markets and Chile…
July 21, 2012 London 2012: And the 92.5% silver gold medal goes to… Making the 2012 Olympic gold medal from pure gold would amount to $22,000 per medal at Friday's closing price of $1,585 an ounce. Event organizers baulked and opted for a…
Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal power in boost to industry Under Trump’s directive, the Pentagon’s energy installation office would pursue long-term agreements for that coal power. February 11, 2026 | 02:11 pm
