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,…
January 10, 2012 Coal used in a 3MW wind turbine Using publicly available figures from Vestas, a large manufacturer of wind turbines, WCA has calculated the amount of coal used in the production of offshore and onshore wind turbines as…
January 9, 2012 Paulson’s annus horribilis a ‘curse’ on gold says FT Hedge fund genius John Paulson had the worst year of his career in 2011. The FT wonders if he will start dumping gold onto the market in a dash for…
January 9, 2012 Navajo Nation President Receives $14 Million Royalty Check from Peabody Energy The $14 million check was a welcome payment for mined coal on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly met with executives from Peabody Energy and accepted the…
Union for Chile’s Mantoverde mine calls on workers to reject contract offer The mine on Wednesday presented a new offer to workers, which the union said was worse than a previous proposal. January 29, 2026 | 10:50 am
