December 10, 2012

Resource nationalism is miners’ number one fear and major threat to global security — report

Resource nationalism is one of the main causes of the current commodity prices instability and it is threatening global security, warns London-based Chatham House in its latest report.

December 7, 2012

Afghanistan grants key copper and gold permits

The government of Afghanistan announced Friday its preferred bidders for three of its four current mineral tenders, with a consortium backed by City of London banker Ian Hannam, former BHP…

December 5, 2012

Chinese companies harvest metals via ‘urban mining’ of electronic junk

Chinese enterprises are turning to "urban mining" to satisfy the country's voracious appetite for metals

December 4, 2012

Uragold closes the sale of the Asbury Graphite property to Canada Carbons

Pursuant to the terms of the agreement dated August 29th, 2012 Uragold received a total cash payment of $300,000 CDN and 5,000,000 common shares of Canada Carbon Inc.

December 3, 2012

IMF halts DRC loans due to lack of mining transparency

An IMF representative said Monday the fund has halted $240 million in planned loans to the DRC for failing to publish mining contracts as requested.

November 30, 2012

Lynas gets Malaysian rare earths plant going

After months of polemic and legal battles, Australian rare earths miner Lynas (ASX:LYC) has finally begun production at its Malaysian processing plant following a recent court triumph.

November 29, 2012

Cost inflation to eat miners’ results in 2013

The rise of mining costs will have a more dramatic impact on the 2013 industry results than in the last couple of years, revealed Thursday global ranking agency Fitch Ratings.

November 29, 2012

Valterra Returns 65.6% of carbon content into jumbo & large flake graphite fractions in metallurgical grab sample at Bobcaygeon

Analysis returned returned the following highlights: 65.6% graphite reported to jumbo and large flake size fraction classifications including 45.6% jumbo flake (+48 mesh or > 0.297mm).

November 28, 2012

Focus Graphite initiates legal recourse

The company has announced it is exercising a legal recourse against certain parties with respect to a transaction with the company for the Labrador Trough group of properties.

November 26, 2012

Foreign mining firms face up to 50% wage hikes in Zambia

Pay and working conditions have become a thorny issue in Zambia particularly when it comes to the many Chinese-run mines in the country.