August 10, 2011 Here is why gold is the commodity above all others On Tuesday, the Dow (NYSE:DIA), S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY), and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQQ) all managed to save a little face as Ben Bernanke reassured markets of more cheap money for at…
August 10, 2011 Federal government now on panel for Marathon PGM-copper project assessment Canada's environment minister Peter Kent and Ontario's minister of the environment John Wilkinson announced on Aug. 9 the establishment of a three-member joint review panel for the environmental assessment of…
August 10, 2011 This German copper-moly miner gives a dram – 15 billion to be exact Radio Free Europe reports an increase in world prices for base metals has made a 60-year old German-owned mining company the largest corporate taxpayer in Armenia. Data from the positively…
August 10, 2011 First Nation blockade of B.C. lead-zinc mine stalls aboriginal exploration deal A First Nation in British Columbia says it has put off plans to sign a mining exploration agreement because of a continuing blockade by two other native bands.
August 10, 2011 Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa bauxite mine expansion a boon for Australia Far North © The Cairns Post THE $1.5 billion Rio Tinto Alcan bauxite mine expansion at Weipa has wide reaching economic, employment and export benefits which have been underestimated by the business…
August 10, 2011 Copper price: 500,000 tonnes of lost production to offset dropping demand Despite a report on Wednesday showing a surge in July, China's copper imports were still down 22% in the first seven months, suggesting slowing demand in the world's top copper…
August 10, 2011 Quadra FNX posts 75% profit increase, swells cash to $1 billion Quadra FNX Mining announced second quarter 2011 profits up 75% at $63.8 million and revenues up 76% to $298 million on Wednesday, but was not spared the stock market mayhem…
August 10, 2011 Benton provides update on drill programs and options gold project in Timmins area Benton Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BTC) ("Benton" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has commenced diamond drilling on its 100% owned RIM copper nickel project located 100km…
August 10, 2011 BHP-Lundin rumour likely much ado about nothing, investors say Lundin Mining is once again the target of takeover speculation, after the Daily Telegraph fed the rumour mill with talk of JP Morgan advising BHP Billiton and Belgian zinc miner…
August 10, 2011 As gold dashes past $1,700, $2,000/oz viewed as a possibility In what is starting to look like a mad dash, the price of gold rose to a new all-time high of $1,770 an once, temporarily passing the price of platinum.…
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
