May 13, 2012 Indonesian Ni Ore export tax levied 20pct The Indonesian government enforced an export tax system effective May 6th 2012 in which 20% export tax is levied on 14 mineral products of Indonesian origin including nickel ore. As…
May 13, 2012 Eurozone worries sink commodities in a sea of red At the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), commodities reeled under renewed Eurozone worries for the week May 07- May 11, 2012. Only natural gas gained, and that too an…
May 12, 2012 TNR Gold receives third party proposal and provides Los Azules project update TNR Gold Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TNR.V - News) has received an unsolicited proposal from a third party to merge with TNR and to acquire TNR's wholly owned subsidiary Compania…
May 11, 2012 Gold! Haitians hope ore finds will spur economic boom from mining for gold, copper and silver Its capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel. And yet, Haiti’s land may hold the key to relieving centuries of poverty,…
May 11, 2012 End of the Kim era at Kazakhmys When Kim got involved with Kazakhmys (then called ZhezkazganTsvetMet) during the 1990s the Soviet era the state company was in complete disarray and debt laden. He turned Kazakhmys into a…
May 11, 2012 After Bougainville black eye, Rio Tinto wading back into PNG Rio Tinto may attempt to re-enter the mining industry in Papua New Guinea after a distastrous experience in the 1980s, according to a report this week in PNGIndustryNews.net.
May 11, 2012 Vale invokes force majeure at nickel project Vale, the world's second-biggest nickel producer, said on Thursday it would suspend sales and purchase agreements at its Goro project on the French Pacific island of New Caledonia after an…
May 10, 2012 Nickel price alarm bells ring for Mirabela Perth-based Mirabela Nickel's share price has continued to slide today after dropping 30 per cent yesterday, which prompted a "please explain" by the Australian Securities Exchange and a one-day trading…
May 10, 2012 BC mining industry the epicentre of investment These are the good old days for the British Columbia mineral exploration sector.
May 10, 2012 The commodity megatrend Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the 20thcentury. The new and long-term upward trend began with most commodities in late…
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm