September 18, 2011 Record $8.5 billion likely spent in 2011 exploring for gold Research firm Metals Economics Group reports gold continues to be top exploration target accounting for more than 50% of global exploration of non-ferrous metals for the second consecutive year in…
September 18, 2011 India is now the elephant in the room New economic numbers from India, the latest forecasts for the country's voracious appetite for gold, iron ore and in particular coal and its plans for a sovereign wealth fund to…
September 18, 2011 Chinese copper demand to surge by 40% by 2015 Reuters quoted an official from the China NonFerrous Metals Industry Association as saying that China's apparent consumption of refined copper will rise by nearly 40% to 8.5 million tonnes per…
September 18, 2011 Industry must live with tax: Rio Tinto The Daily Mercury reports Rio Tinto executive director Sam Walsh says the mining industry has to live with the new resources tax as the best deal that could be done…
September 18, 2011 CBG restarts Guinea bauxite exports: source Guinea's CBG restarted bauxite exports early on Sunday after a one-week halt that was caused by damage to a conveyor belt used to load ships, a source at the company…
September 18, 2011 Strike slashes output at Freeport’s Grasberg in Indonesia by 230,000 tonnes a day A strike at Freeport McMoRan’s huge gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia has slashed production by 230,000 tonnes a day, the energy and minerals ministry said on Friday. The…
September 18, 2011 Harmony Gold eyes copper-gold projects in Philippines South African mining firm Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd., the worlds fifth largest gold producer, is looking to invest in copper-gold projects in the Philippines.
September 17, 2011 Anglo American to build $3 billion Peru copper mine in 2012 Reuters reported that Anglo American will start construction on its USD 3 billion Quellaveco copper mine next year. Quellaveco, one of Anglo American's largest projects in Peru is expected to…
September 17, 2011 Hannans Reward kicks off drilling targeting manganese at Jigalong project Western Australian minerals exploration company Hannans Reward Limited has commenced a combined RC and Diamond drilling program at its 3,000 square kilometer Jigalong project in the South East Pilbara region…
September 17, 2011 South Africa mine union says wage talks with Implats falter The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Friday separate wage talks with Exxaro Resources and Impala Platinum had deadlocked but strike action was not imminent.
Australian lithium miner PLS Group signs supply deal with China’s Canmax Company has signed an offtake deal to supply 150,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate for two year. February 09, 2026 | 01:46 pm
