May 3, 2013 Freeport’s Indonesian miners end strike, Aussies told to avoid travelling there Workers at Freeport’s Grasberg mine ended strike, but Australian government tell citizen to avoid travelling to the area where the mine is located.
May 3, 2013 Glencore Xstrata up on first day of trading after merger The newly combined company’s stock price rose over 4%
May 3, 2013 A case for owning commodities when no one else is Sometimes following where money is being invested is a solid course of action to gain alpha; other times, a better opportunity lies in going the opposite direction.
May 3, 2013 NDP says yes to mining in BC Party platform includes support for skills training and exploration activities as well as measures to end the permitting backlog.
May 2, 2013 SURVEY: Canadians would rather mine gold than make yoga pants or smartphones Barrick Gold and Goldcorp are more attractive employers than Lululemon, Blackberry or any of the country's banks.
May 2, 2013 Meet the world’s largest commodities trader: Glencore Xstrata Glencore announces the completion of its takeover of Xstrata.
May 2, 2013 Peru to roll back piece of mining law Miners will not have to negotiate with the Quechua-speaking people who live in the Andes.
May 2, 2013 Workers strike at Freeport’s Indonesian mine Labourers at the Grasberg mine expansion say the work stoppage could last for a month.
May 1, 2013 Let the weak miners fail: Leonard Melman Melman writes about global economic influences on mining.
April 30, 2013 COLLAPSE: Capital raisings in British Columbia drop 72% Steady production growth but squeezed profits in BC mining.
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