July 5, 2012 Musings on the Short-Term Fundamentals of the Copper Market I recently opined on the long-term bullish fundamentals of the copper market (Mercenary Musing, May 28, 2011).
July 5, 2012 Dispute over Argentina’s Los Azules copper project just got uglier With the recent announcement that there’s much more copper in the Los Azules copper project in Argentina than initially thought, the stakes in a lawsuit contesting its ownership have become…
July 5, 2012 Peru detains leader of anti-mining protests then frees him after increased hostility Peruvian police detained former Roman Catholic priest Marco Arana, the leader of the protests against Newmont Mining, yesterday evening. The situation has only worsened since the government declared a state…
July 5, 2012 Silver Mountain Provides Overview of Exploration and Drilling Results from Its Ptarmigan Property, BC The company highlighted a samples from its from its Ptarmigan property in which grab samples returned grades up to 1,368 g/t Ag, 0.99 g/t Au, 50.87% Pb, 1.42% Zn and…
July 5, 2012 Australia won’t get in the way of Glencore-Xstrata Australia's antitrust regulator has decided it would not oppose commodities trader Glencore's $26 billion takeover of miner Xstrata.
July 5, 2012 MacDonald Mines acquires additional claims in the ring of fire & provides corporate update The company reports on the acquisition of claims in the Ring of Fire area, changes of the board and the authorization of a new auditing group to fix remuneration.
July 5, 2012 Baja’s top shareholder won’t give more for Boleo Besieged Baja Mining suffered another setback on Thursday after Mount Kellett Capital Management, the company’s largest shareholder, announced it wouldn’t provide debt or equity financing for the Boleo project in…
July 4, 2012 Nationalization worries in South Africa, rating agencies may downgrade On Wednesday, a day after after all three major global ratings agencies – Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's – placed South Africa's credit rating on negative outlook, home affairs…
July 4, 2012 Anti-Newmont protests in Peru force government to declare a state of emergency At least three people were killed and 20 injured in northern Peru yesterday after a clash between police and protesters opposed to the $5 billion Conga gold mine planned by…
July 4, 2012 Ascot Resources Ltd.: BLM releases environmental assessment for Mt Margaret The Bureau of Land Management has released the environmental assessment of Ascot's two prospecting permit applications for geological exploration on the Mt Margaret property in the St. Helens mining district…
Namib Minerals to restart mothballed Zimbabwe gold mine in February Redwing currently has an estimated 2.5 million ounces of gold and is the largest resource base in the group's Zimbabwean portfolio. December 19, 2025 | 07:08 am
