April 26, 2012 Need a mining job? Head to Ecuador Ecuador needs at least 300 mining engineers and geologists in the near future to be able to deliver on its recent mining contracts, but only about 40 such professionals graduate…
April 25, 2012 Nickel price decline halves Sherritt’s Q1 earnings Toronto-based Sherritt International had a rough quarter, revealing on Wednesday a 50% drop in earnings from $63 million to $32 million when measured against the same quarter of 2011.
April 25, 2012 Indian consortium among firms shortlisted for Afghan copper, gold assets A consortium of Indian firms is among 25 companies shortlisted to invest in new copper and gold deposits in Afghanistan.
April 25, 2012 Chilean court denies Codelco bid to freeze Anglo American’s dividends Diversified miner Anglo American Plc. (LON:AAL) announced today the 14th Civil Court of Santiago has rejected state copper giant Codelco's latest petition to freeze 49% of the dividends paid by…
April 24, 2012 Asteroid miners explain just how they are going to do it Planetary Resources took the wrapper off the new company that plans to mine asteroids, and the company has half a road map on how to get precious metals out of…
April 24, 2012 Vast new copper supplies depressing prices? Don’t worry, it’s never going to happen A senior trader in the red metal says “the miners are all lying” about the chances of their projects actually coming on stream.
April 24, 2012 CST Mining sells 70% stake in Peru copper mine for $505 million CST Mining is selling its 70% stake in the Mina Justa copper project in Peru for US$505 million.
April 24, 2012 Record revenues for Teck despite lower metals prices Teck Resources fought against lower metals prices to post record revenues for the first quarter.
April 24, 2012 First Nickel shares collapse after ordered to stop operations at flagship mine Canadian First Nickel Inc (TSX:FNI) shares were down almost 22% this morning (11:11 ET) to 70 Canadian cents, after the company was ordered to stop work at its key mine…
April 24, 2012 Broadcast live today: How James Cameron’s company will mine asteroids Google's billionaire co-founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and filmmaker James Cameron will officially announce today plans to mine asteroids. The company's presentation will be broadcast live today at 1:30…
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