January 12, 2012 Rio Tinto acquires Hathor Exploration Rio Tinto has completed the M&A, previously announced.
January 12, 2012 More coal gasification progress with new GE technology IGCC plant in South Korea GE has been selected by Korea Western Power Co (KOWEPO) for the first integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant to be built in South Korea and one of the first…
January 11, 2012 E.ON in $34 billion Brazil power deal with MPX Giant German utility E.ON said on Wednesday it will team with Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista to build the largest privately held network of power plants in Brazil, as it bets…
January 11, 2012 Exxaro faces strike at Arnot coal mine The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday that about 1,000 of its members would down tools at diversified miner Exxaro’s Arnot coal mine near Witbank on Friday.
January 11, 2012 Feds renew operating permit for Arizona coal mine The federal Office of Surface Mining has renewed an operating permit for a northern Arizona coal mine.
January 11, 2012 Drill baby drill! The last time US mining jobs were added this fast Reagan had just taken office US Labor Department figures released on Wednesday show the country's mining sector added more jobs in 2011 than at any other period since the early 1980s.
January 11, 2012 Eric Sprott and Endeavour Silver: a match made in heaven? Last year, Eric Sprott, legendary gold and silver investor and chairman of Sprott Inc., issued an open letter to 17 of the world’s largest silver producers.
January 10, 2012 Thanks for not suing mommy like your brother and sisters: Rinehart gifts daughter (25) one of mining’s top jobs The richest woman in the world, Gina Rinehart, on Tuesday handed her daughter Ginia (sic) directorships of three companies, including Hancock Prospecting which controls her $10 billion empire. Ginia who…
January 10, 2012 Royal Gold Announces 4,000,000 Share Common Stock Offering Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD)(TSX:RGL) announced today that it has agreed to sell 4.0 million common shares of Royal Gold to Goldman, Sachs & Co. in an underwritten at-the-market public offering.…
January 10, 2012 Does Every State Need Its Own Grand Canyon and Its Own Uranium Mine? Should every state and every country produce all the metals and minerals it needs, or may it justifiably protect its own environment while allowing others to mine in their countries,…
Gold price surpasses $4,900 as record rally carries on Spot gold rose nearly 2% to set a fresh all-time high of $4,923.63 per ounce. January 22, 2026 | 11:59 am
