March 20, 2011 Rio Tinto faces key week for Riversdale bid Riversdale Mining Ltd., after a slow take-up of acceptances since the offer was first made in December, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal: The bid was recently…
March 20, 2011 Russian nuclear firm suspends uranium mining deal in Tanzania The East African reports that the Russian state-owned nuclear energy firm JSC Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) is shelving a plan to acquire the $1.16 billion Mkuju Uranium assets in Southern Tanzania over…
March 19, 2011 Indian suitors eye Australia’s Premier Coal With Lanco looking to build on its recent Griffin Coal purchase, a new turf war is set to emerge between Indian suitors […]
March 18, 2011 Husky raises $300 million through share offering Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) has successfully raised $300 million through a public offering of 10 million preferred shares. Shareholders will receive an annual […]
March 18, 2011 Alberta government to tax mining companies for cleanup The Alberta government will collect three times more revenue than previously under its revamped mine security program, which pledges to collect money for mine reclamation, The Edmonton Journal is reporting.…
March 18, 2011 Inuit residents reject uranium mining at public forum As Japanese workers and scientists battle to prevent a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima plant, most Nunavut residents who showed up to a public forum Thursday night rejected the spectre…
March 18, 2011 First Uranium: S Africa mine operations resume Canadian gold and uranium producer First Uranium Corp (FIU.TO) said on Friday it has resumed underground operations at its Ezulwini gold mine in South Africa. A temporary work stoppage instruction…
March 17, 2011 U.S. coal shares up on nuclear power uncertainty Coal mining shares rose on Thursday amid uncertainty over the future of nuclear power as Japan races to avert a meltdown at a power plant crippled by last week's earthquake…
March 17, 2011 Proposed EPA regs could cost US coal as much as $125bn As the safety concerns about nuclear power continue to grab headlines globally, the U.S. EPA has decided to clamp down on coal-fired […]
March 16, 2011 Uranium punters wade back in The Australian's Tim Boreham weighs in on the uranium stock crash: How many more images of steam billowing from nuclear reactors and reports of on-again, off-again fires can investors endure…
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
