October 24, 2012 Mongolia refuses to let Rio’s Aussie lawyer leave A 32-year-old Australian lawyer for a Rio subsidiary has been prevented from leaving Mongolia by local police following allegations of corruption.
October 24, 2012 Southern Silver signs earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation on Cerro Las Minitas Southern Silver has granted Freeport-McMoRan the right to earn an indirect 70% interest in the Cerro Las Minitas property in Durango, Mexico.
October 24, 2012 Diamond Frank Exploration inc.: exploration work has begun on the GoldPeak and Destorbelle properties Geological reconnaissance work and sampling has begun on its GoldPeak and Destorbelle properties.
October 23, 2012 Gold Fields fires 8,500 striking workers as mining companies get tough on unrest Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) has fired 8,500 striking workers at a mine in South Africa following their failure to respond to an ultimatum to abandon the strike.
October 23, 2012 Chinese stocks looking like a bargain With negative sentiment toward China reaching an extreme in recent months, patient investors have been rewarded with recent news of improving data from the Asian giant.
October 23, 2012 Canada’s Ivanplats closes $307 million IPO and now trades shares on the TSX Africa-focused miner Ivanplats (TSX:IVP), founded by billionaire Robert Friedland, successfully closed Tuesday its $307-million initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto stock exchange, issuing total equity of $504 million (Cdn$493).
October 23, 2012 Xstrata’s Dominican nickel project in UN’s hands United Nations Development Program (UNDP) representative, Valerie Julliand, announced Tuesday the body has agreed to the Dominican Republic’s government's request to review Xstrata Nickel’s environmental impact study for the Loma…
October 23, 2012 Copper sinks to six week low on Middle Kingdom’s economic unease Copper futures have hit a six week low on trepidation over China's worsening economic outlook and caution just prior to a key meeting of the US Federal Reserve.
October 23, 2012 Antique maps from the 1800’s could revive historic copper region A junior exploration company is using land surveys from the 1870's to locate copper deposits in South Australia's historic Burra mining region.
October 23, 2012 North Bay Resources Inc (NBRI): mining operations begin at Fraser River project The Fraser River Project is located near Lytton in south central British Columbia, Canada, and covers approximately 4.5 kilometers of placer claims along the Fraser River.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
