March 28, 2011 Brazilian media reports Vale CEO ousted Brazilian mining company Vale has pushed out Chief Executive Roger Agnelli under heavy government pressure and is in discussions to replace him with an executive from within, local media reported…
March 26, 2011 Western Copper working with regulators to permit Yukon copper mine Western Copper (WRN.TO) has begun engineering studies to determine whether it can modify plans that pushed regulators to reject its request for a water use license at its Carmacks copper…
March 25, 2011 Markets quake The metals markets were briefly sidetracked by the Japanese earthquake and subsequent nuclear emergency. Gold did not know whether to go up or down in response to the damage wrought…
March 25, 2011 World’s top copper miner sees strong metal prices continuing for some time Global No. 1 copper producer Chile's Codelco said Friday its 2010 output dipped but should be steady this year, and expects strong Chinese demand, Japan's recovery after a natural disaster,…
March 25, 2011 Rambler Metals & Mining Plc: Proposed Placing to Raise GBP 10 Million in Support of Bringing the Ming Copper-Gold Mine Into Production Rambler Metals and Mining PLC (TSX-V:RAB)(AIM:RMM) said it intends to raise approximately £10 million, before expenses, through a placing of 27,777,778 ordinary shares at 36 pence each (approximately CDN$0.57 per…
March 25, 2011 Four copper miners killed at Vedanta’s Nchanga operation Four miners have been killed in an accident at Vedanta’s Nchanga copper mine in Zambia. They were working on a new section […]
March 25, 2011 Franco reports major growth in 2010 results, increases dividend 60% Franco-Nevada forecasts revenue this year to be between US$325 million to $350 million this year, using consensus commodity price assumptions of US$1,400 gold, $1,750 platinum, $575 palladium and $80 oil.…
March 25, 2011 Inmet says Panama govt. confirms copper-gold project unaffected by law change Canada's Inmet Mining said a letter from the Panama government confirmed that its copper-gold project will not be affected by the recent repeal of a law that allowed foreign government…
March 25, 2011 Avanti year-end numbers an improvement over 2009 Avanti Mining Inc. (TSX-V:AVT) reported a net loss of $4.9 million ($0.01 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to a net loss of $6.2 million ($0.04…
March 25, 2011 Aluminium, copper, PGMS to perform over next 3 years – RBS In its latest Commodity Companion publication, RBS explains why it prefers aluminium, copper, platinum and palladium to bulk commodities and silver on […]
Gabon to audit mining deals as reforms start amid IMF talks As part of discussions with the multilateral lender, President Brice Oligui Nguema “has demanded the full publication of all mining agreements". December 19, 2025 | 10:51 am
