October 12, 2012 Canada PM casts doubt on Nexen takeover by China Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave investors more reasons to speculate about the final outcome of the deal, as he said that China's “very different" political and economic systems are…
October 12, 2012 Victoria doubts Enbridge takes B.C. concerns “seriously” Enbridge and Northern Gateway representatives are not taking B.C. concerns seriously, B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake said Wednesday.
October 12, 2012 Australian miners fire locals and import foreigners While big miners such as BHP (NYSE:BHP), Xstrata (LON:XTA) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) continue to slash jobs across its operations in Australia, some companies are hiring more foreign workers to carry…
October 12, 2012 South Africa: Mining labour unrest comes full circle The intensity of the current wave of protest echoes the far-reaching Durban strikes in 1973, writes Lisa Steyn.
October 12, 2012 15% of Queensland’s mining jobs to disappear in two years Analysts say more coal jobs will be axed in the Australian tropical state of Queensland as the beleaguered resources sector continues to weather a barrage of adverse factors.
October 11, 2012 South African gold miners reject wage offer Striking gold miners have rejected the industry's latest wage offer, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday, confirming mining companies’ fears of labour unrest lasting longer than expected.
October 11, 2012 Liberty Coal Energy Corp. announces completion of financing Liberty Coal announces equity placement of $9,196,500.00
October 11, 2012 Padang Resources Limited (ASX:PXR) completes extensive coal sampling at the Paser Project, East Kalimantan Extensive sampling completed across 43 ha location
October 10, 2012 Western Australia a step closer to green-lighting uranium mine The Western Australian government has issued a key approval for Toro Energy's Wiluna uranium project, bringing the proposed mine a large margin nearer to completion.
October 10, 2012 Up to 2,000 Chinese miners on their way to British Columbia to fill jobs Canadians can’t do safely The full time workers follow $1.4 billion in Chinese funding for two coal projects in the northeast of the province because Canadians "just don't have the experience" to operate underground…
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
