July 25, 2011 RIA Novosti: Norilsk Nickel sells 8.06 pct of shares to offshore companies RIA Novosti reports that Norilsk Nickel has sold 8.06 percent of its shares to two offshore companies, Delmonico Group and Crelios Investment, for over $2.77 billion, the company said in…
July 25, 2011 Canada makes a deal a day as mining M&A head towards $200 billion The value of mergers and acquisitions in the mining sector more than doubled to $96.3 billion in the first six months of the year and could top $200 billion for…
July 25, 2011 Strikes hit BHP, Anglo, De Beers and Xstrata across three continents Bloomberg reports BHP workers in Chile voted Sunday to extend their strike at the world’s largest copper mine. Stoppages at BHP’s Australian coal operations may resume this week. Thirty thousand…
July 25, 2011 Foreign money invades Mongolia A freeze on licenses to explore for minerals is no small matter in Mongolia, a country undergoing a huge resources boom, as miners such as Anglo-Australian giant Rio Tinto (RIO)…
July 25, 2011 Sunward intercepts gold and strong copper mineralization at First Western step-out hole on Cerro Vetas Zone Sunward Resources (TSXV: SWD) ("Sunward" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has intercepted significant mineralization in the first-ever step-out drillhole on the western side of the Cerro…
July 25, 2011 Nalco gets forest clearance for renewal of Bauxite mining lease The blue-chip Navaratna public sector, (Nalco) has received Stage-II (final) forest clearance for renewal of its bauxite mining lease for the Panchpatmali South Block in Koraput district of Orissa for…
July 25, 2011 Copper, lead down on global cues Copper and lead prices declined by up to Rs 2 per kg in the local metal market today on sluggish demand from consuming industries.
July 24, 2011 Is platinum undervalued When it comes to investing in precious metals, most investors tend to focus on gold and silver. With gold in the midst of a multi-year bull market, and trading at…
July 24, 2011 Metals-Energy Update: Zinc shines; gold and silver looks promising At the beginning of the week, commodity markets the world over were eying the Euro summit. At MCX, speculations of a failure saw precious metal prices rise whereas the base…
July 24, 2011 Strike extended at copper mine Workers at the world's biggest copper mine in northern Chile downed their tools over the weekend as part of an indefinite strike over unmet contract demands. About 2,300 workers of…
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, and specifically into copper,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
