March 12, 2012 Ten percent yields without buying a single stock? The average interest rate for a savings account today is 0.45%. It wasn't that long ago that one could easily earn 5% in a well-chosen savings account, like those offered…
March 12, 2012 Anti-coal mining activists received Australia’s taxpayer funds Several groups named in a secret Greenpeace-led coalition to destroy the coal industry have received almost $750,000 in federal funding.
March 12, 2012 Inuit government officially ends 3-year uranium mining moratorium in Canada’s Labrador The Nunatsiavut Government of Labrador, a regional Inuit government formed in 2005, has officially lifted a three-year-old moratorium on uranium mining on Inuit lands, by enacting its Environmental Protection Act…
March 12, 2012 Crandall Canyon victims’ families call plea bargain deal ‘a slap in the face’ "I can't believe what the [U.S. Attorney] did. We are emotional and at a loss for words. I wish they had not done anything. It would have been better than…
March 11, 2012 Indonesia’s Rule No. 24 likely to embolden other nations to grab more from mining Indonesia surprised the global mining community last week after a new rule – Government Regulation No. 24 of 2012 – was quietly announced on the mining ministry's website. A growing…
March 11, 2012 Oilsands producers plan reconstruction of wetlands lberta's oilsands producers are used to thinking big, and their plans to clean up the mess their mines leave behind are fully in line with the outsized trucks that prowl…
March 11, 2012 BRIIC is a better BRIC For a variety of reasons, Indonesia has earned the right to be considered as a premiere destination for emerging market investment.
March 11, 2012 Gold traders most bullish in four months as bullion fund holdings set new record Bloomberg's weekly survey of gold traders shows they are the most bullish since November 11 with 16 out of 23 predicting that the precious metal will gain this week after…
March 11, 2012 The scramble for Africa’s copper: Never mind the Chinese, Ivanhoe’s Friedland says he has the prize asset Serial mega-mine developer Robert Friedland said in early February that Ivanplats will be developing the Kamoa mine in the DRC, Africa’s largest copper project that will have a lifespan that…
March 11, 2012 Seaborne coal market could double by 2025 – Batista Eike Batista founder of Brazilian energy and commodities conglomerate EBX and head of MPX Energia SA said that the world seaborne coal market could grow to 1.12 billion tonne by…
Copper price tops $12,000 for first time on tariffs, supply woes Copper prices exceed $12,000 a tonne for the first time on record due to mine disruptions and tariffs, despite weak demand in China. December 23, 2025 | 05:39 am
