December 18, 2011 China Development Bank loans millions to Kazakhstan copper company China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country's three policy banks, has signed two agreements with Kazak copper giant Kazakhmys PLC, granting the mine and refinery operator 1.34 billion U.S.…
December 18, 2011 Gunmen attack helicopter carrying mine workers in Indonesia Gunmen fired at a helicopter carrying workers for the mining giant Freeport-McMoRan shortly after it took off Saturday from a town near the company’s huge gold and copper mine in…
December 16, 2011 Copper continues downtrend, closes at US$3.295/lb Copper closed Thursday at US$3.295/lb cash on the London Metal Exchange, down from the previous day's US$3.334/lb and recording its fourth straight dr...
December 16, 2011 Patriarch Partners acquires Hussey Copper LTD NEW YORK, Dec 16, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Patriarch Partners, LLC ("Patriarch"), a New York based private equity platform holding 76 companies today announced the acquisition of Hussey Copper, LTD…
December 16, 2011 Power cut hits Rio-owned UK aluminium smelter One of the production lines at Rio Tinto Alcan's Lynemouth aluminium smelter was knocked off line by a power cut, while production was partially curtailed at the other.
December 16, 2011 Augur Resources identifies bulk copper and gold at Wonogiri, Central Java Augur Resources (ASX: AUK) has intersected broad zones of gold and copper mineralisation at the Wonogiri Project in Central Java.
December 15, 2011 Glencore enters agreement to acquire stake In Rosh Pinah Zinc Glencore International plc today announced that a subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Exxaro Base Metals and Industrial Holdings (Proprietary) Limited to acquire Exxaro’s entire 50.04 per cent shareholding…
December 15, 2011 Go-time for Trevali Mining at Canadian zinc mine Trevali Mining got a mining lease for its Halfmile Mine in New Brunswick, bringing the junior one step closer to production.
December 15, 2011 Poland has no plans to change mining tax – Minister Poland's finance ministry says it does not plan to alter its proposed mining tax aimed mainly at state-controlled copper miner KGHM, whose shares are at their lowest since August 2010.
December 15, 2011 Update: Miners rescued from Lucky Friday mine collapse Seven miners have been pulled from Hecla Mining's Lucky Friday mine after a collapse Wednesday evening. Media reports say that six of the workers were treated at the scene while…
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
