December 13, 2012 IMF report vindicates claims of gold market manipulation by central banks: Powell "This is as authoritative (an admission) as we are likely ever going to get that central banks are actively involved, in secret, in the gold market"
December 13, 2012 ABB Signs a Sponsorship Agreement with the University of Queensland As the Australian Journal of Mining reports, ABB will provide a mechatronics lab, amongst others equipped with control and automation systems to […]
December 13, 2012 Coal-hungry Chinese buy out Australian pastoral clans Chinese investment drive leaves pastoral community divided
December 13, 2012 Bumi spurns Rothschild’s proposal in business clash with Bakries Embattled Indonesian miner Bumi has decided to toss its lot in with the prominent Sumatran business dynasty
December 12, 2012 Proof Bernanke can no longer move the gold price Gold stuck in lower $1,700s despite Fed's momentous announcement.
December 12, 2012 Top fashion bloggers choose top 5 diamond engagement rings In an original approach to social media marketing, De Beers invited five top international bloggers to its stores in London and New York to pick out which it would be…
December 12, 2012 Taseko Mines weathers multiple storms Canadian Taseko Mines (TSE:TKO) is having a rocky end of the year as workers threaten with a strike at the company’s copper-molybdenum Gibraltar mine, in British Columbia, and First Nation…
December 12, 2012 Rockwell Diamonds mothballs Tirisano mine Canadian Rockwell Diamonds (TSX:RDI, JSE:RDI) has decided to place its operations at its Tirisano mine in South Africa “on care and maintenance,” following persistent industrial relations issues and ongoing losses…
December 12, 2012 Xstrata puts off $5.9bn mine in Philippines until 2019 Swiss miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) is delaying the commercial production of its $5.9 billion Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines to 2019, Sagittarius Mines Inc, the firm's local unit, said Wednesday.
December 12, 2012 Centerra makes junior’s Christmas, becomes sole owner of gold project in Turkey London-based explorer Stratex (LON:STI) got an early Christmas present this year, as Canadian Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) paid the junior and partner in the Turkey’s Oksut project a noteworthy $40 million…
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
