July 16, 2012 Udachnaya Pipe Udachnaya Pipe Owner: Alrosa Type of Mine: Diamond Location: Sakha Republic, Russia Built: 1988 At 600 meters deep Udachnaya plunges lower than, […]
July 16, 2012 Olympic Dam Olympic Dam Owner: BHP Billiton Type of Mine: Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium Location: South Australia Built: 1988 While technically an underground mine, […]
July 16, 2012 Mongolia’s new rulers may put world’s richest coal deposit beyond reach The Democratic Party which campaigned on sharing more of the spoils of mining with Mongolian citizens won the majority of seats while the junior partner in the new ruling coalition,…
July 16, 2012 Excellon stock falls as labour dispute grinds Mexican ops to a halt Excellon Resources fell 8% on Monday, after announcing it could run out of stockpiled ore at its Zacatecas-state mill "within the next few days" after a dispute with workers and…
July 16, 2012 World Bank opens case on Colombia’s Eco Oro Minerals gold mine The World Bank Group accepted a complaint and will evaluate its investment in Eco Oro Mineral’s Angostura mining project, a proposed large-scale gold mine located in a fragile, high-altitude wetland…
July 16, 2012 Oil spill wake-up moment Keeping track of all these pipelines is becoming a challenge. We have the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the planned Northern Gateway pipeline to the West…
July 16, 2012 Columbia Yukon announces non-brokered private placement The company intends to raise up to $150,000 by the issuance of 3,000,000 non-flow through common shares at $0.05 per share.
July 16, 2012 SGS adds fire assay to Elko, USA laboratory SGS is pleased to announce the addition of a new fire assay laboratory to our facility in Elko, Nevada, USA. This expansion is the most recent in a series of…
July 16, 2012 Unions left out of Newmont’s negotiations in Peru Negotiations among Peruvian authorities, Newmont Mining and the local communities with the intent to end the seven-month conflict over the $5 billion Conga project in the northern region of Cajamarca,…
July 16, 2012 Reservoir Minerals drills 266 metres grading 1.23% copper equivalent at Timok project Diamond drilling on the company's Timok Project in eastern Serbia has intercepted copper and gold mineralization, including 266 meters grading an average of 1.23% copper equivalent from 598 to 864…
BHP’s Vicuna unveils $18 billion copper investment in Argentina The project is forecast to average 395,000 tons of copper, 711,000 ounces of gold, and 22.2 million ounces of silver annually over its first 25 years. February 16, 2026 | 01:26 pm