April 24, 2012 Anglo American sells South African Scaw Metals Group for $430 million Diversified miner Anglo American Plc. (LON:AAL), announced today it has sold the South African Scaw Metals Group business for $430 million to a group of partners, on a move to…
April 23, 2012 Anglo Asian finds gold at Azeri Ordubad mine Anglo Asian Mining said it had discovered gold at Ordubad mine, boosting its prospects for gold production in Azerbaijan, where it plans to increase production to over 300,000 ounces of…
April 23, 2012 Investors, directors flee Baja after Boleo costs rocket. Stock tanks 37% Baja Mining dropped 37% on Monday on more than 15 times usual trading volumes, after announcing its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico will now cost 21.5% more and that half…
April 23, 2012 $30 billion Olympic Dam now even bigger World number one miner BHP Billiton on Monday bought five additional exploration plots near its giant Olympic Dam mine and expansion project, destined to become the world's largest open pit.
April 23, 2012 Human Rights Watch: Think twice about investing in Zambia copper mine IPO China's state-owned CNMC's Hong Kong IPO could raise as much as $500 million.
April 23, 2012 Copper or cannabis? Michigan mine could grow pot for patients A shuttered mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is attracting some unusual publicity, with persistent rumours that the owners are considering growing medical marijuana.
April 23, 2012 Undersea mining closer to reality "The quality of this relationship with China's largest importer of copper concentrates provides further evidence that there is considerable interest in the high grade massive sulphides being found by the…
April 22, 2012 Rusal’s $43 billion seven-year Glencore deal feeds investor feud United Co. Rusal (486), the world’s biggest aluminum supplier, is locked in to selling $43 billion of the metal to Glencore International Plc […]
April 22, 2012 Wesizwe Platinum’s new mine smell The construction of Wesizwe's Bakubung mine is in sharp contrast to the the general gloominess that currently envelops South Africa's platinum sector
April 21, 2012 Creepy vintage ad: ‘I hope the lead I’m mining will be used in your paint’ Social news site Reddit ran a vintage mining ad showing a happy miner extolling the virtues of lead.
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
