August 25, 2012 Nearly 60% of Lonmin’s workers report to work Troubled platinum miner Lonmin (LON:LMI) said that 57% of its workers turned up for work.
August 24, 2012 BHP chews over ways to expand iron ore production in Australia The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, wants to leave the news of its first decrease in annual profit in three years behind by focusing on finding the most lucrative…
August 24, 2012 China’s regional governments unveil 7 trillion yuan in stimulus investments China's regional governments have unveiled a slew of new stimulus plans over the past two months worth a total of 7 trillion yuan according to Chinese-language news sources.
August 24, 2012 Australian resource minister declares mining boom over, then backtracks Less than 24 hours after Australia's minister for resources and energy declared that the country's mining boom had come to an end, he appeared saying he was misinterpreted, and that…
August 24, 2012 China’s top copper producer establishes HK subsidiary to lower financing costs China's biggest copper producer has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong in order to reduce the cost of financing raw material imports and future acquisitions.
August 24, 2012 Baja Mining reports waiver to standstill agreement The Korean Consortium has advanced approximately $73.5 million of the total $90 million of Stage I financing, which is sufficient to trigger the reduction in Baja's interest in MMB from…
August 23, 2012 Canada’s Lalor gold, zinc, copper mine stealing thunder There's no doubt the big story in mining in Manitoba these days is HudBay's Lalor project near Snow Lake. Weighing in at about $700 million, the zinc/copper/gold mine is shaking…
August 23, 2012 And it’s over: Anglo and Codelco make peace The heated legal battle between Anglo American and its Chilean adversary Codelco has finally come to an end as the parties announced Thursday that they've reached an agreement.
August 23, 2012 NGEx update on GJ copper gold project 2012 exploration program The GJ project has a measured and indicated resource, at a cut-off of 0.20% copper, of 153.3 million tonnes grading 0.321% copper and 0.369 g/t gold and contains 1.09 billion…
August 22, 2012 South Africa’s massacre: peeling the onion The shooting dead of striking miners by armed police at Marikana exposes hard truths about post-apartheid South Africa that the country's new elites have preferred to ignore, says Roger Southall.
US development-finance agency targets AI, minerals in expansion A key priority for the DFC’s expanded efforts will be critical minerals, especially in mid-stream processing projects. December 18, 2025 | 12:30 pm
