July 2, 2011 Police arrest 2 suspects in high-tech platinum theft Police have arrested two men in connection with a theft of platinum worth over NT$44 million from a high-tech company in Hsinchu County, officials said yesterday. Police also managed to…
July 2, 2011 Chilean copper miners announce strike The Chilean Federation of Copper Workers announced a strike for July 11 to oppose plans to privatize the state-owned National Copper Company (Codelco). The management of Codelco, the biggest copper…
July 2, 2011 Alcoa Inc Plans Initiation of Advanced Recycling and Casting Facility – NYSE:AA Alcoa Inc NYSE:AA yesterday declared that company plans to install an advanced recycling and casting process that will reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions as part of a $21…
July 1, 2011 More environmental rules needed, says law centre British Columbia needs more evironmental regulations to govern mine development, says the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre.The authors, Calvin Sandborn is legal director and Maya Stano, claim that the…
July 1, 2011 Xstrata says copper output picked up in Q2, committed to Peru World No. 4 copper miner Xstrata said Friday it was confident it would hit its 2011 copper output target, after production improved in the second quarter following heavy rains in…
July 1, 2011 Go long on base metals, short on precious metals: Ashok Mittal, Vertex Securities The downside on the precious metals should continue and we expect gold to go somewhere close to $1,472 levels.
July 1, 2011 Chile’s copper production to grow at annual average rate of 4.9% Chile's mining sector faces a series of challenges over the coming months as growing fears of a slowdown in Chinese economic growth, dictated by the country's increasingly restrictive monetary policy,…
July 1, 2011 Domestic spot cobalt prices fall further Jinchuan Group cut refined cobalt prices from RMB 300 kt/mt to RMB 290 kt/mt, down by 3% and cut tricobalt tetroxide prices from RMB 212/kg to RMB 207/kg.
July 1, 2011 Chinese snubbed in Australian open bauxite tender THE Queensland Government will call an open tender for the development of Aurukun's bauxite resources, snubbing the giant Chinese company Chalco.
July 1, 2011 British Columbia’s modern day copper mining rush British Columbia is bestowed with an impressive mineral wealth, and as a result has been one of the world’s mining capitals since the mid-1800s, producing and exporting a variety of…
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm