March 29, 2012 Zinc to be the next ‘big base metal play’ – Scotiabank’s Mohr Scotiabank says a strong rebound in U.S. auto assemblies is likely to support base metal premiums in the country.
March 29, 2012 “Underground city” copper mine in Minnesota inches forward A proposal for a large underground copper mine in Minnesota reached a milestone last week.
March 28, 2012 Fire forces lead smelter closure in Missouri The Doe Run Company had to declare force majeure at its lead smelter in Herculaneum, Missouri, after a fire at the plant.
March 28, 2012 Fatal flaws and opportunities in gold investing: Brent Cook Brent Cook, editor of Exploration Insights, describes the past 15 years of change in gold, copper and iron.
March 28, 2012 Mitsubishi pays $81m for 25% stake in PGM mine Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp will pay $81.25 million to acquire a 25% ownership in the Marathon PGM and copper project owned by Stillwater Mining.
March 28, 2012 Valhalla to remain halted Valhalla is a Canadian mineral exploration company focusing on the discovery and development of base and precious metal opportunities in Turkey and Romania.
March 28, 2012 In the hole for $18 billion, Rio Tinto finds buyer for Europe alumina business The world's number three miner bought Alcan's business on the continent in 2007 for $38 billion. So far the $100 billion Anglo-Australian company has been forced to write off $18.2 billion…
March 28, 2012 Baja slides 5% after Boleo update tells of escalating fuel, material and labour costs Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ) shed 5% on Wednesday on higher than usual trading volumes, after releasing an update on its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico.
March 28, 2012 Baja Mining provides update on Boleo Project At the end of February 2012, construction was 37.2 percent complete with 2,362 people working on the project. We have completed more than 5.8 million cubic meters of earthworks and…
March 28, 2012 Barrick, Goldcorp holding breath as Canadian court poised to decide El Morro ownership The two largest gold companies are bracing for a Canadian court's decision on who owns the massive El Morro copper-gold deposit in Chile.
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am
