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…
October 10, 2012 Study finds little environmental impact from oil sands In 2010, a single oil-sands operation run by Suncor Energy released into the atmosphere 28,940 tonnes of volatile organic compounds, 22,210 tonnes of sulphur dioxide and 14,011 tonnes of particulate…
October 10, 2012 Xstrata begins coal job cuts in Australia Xstrata Coal (LON:XTA) began to reduce its workforce across its Australian coal operations by firing its first 40 permanent employees out of the 600 announced cuts.
October 10, 2012 December gold settles 1765.1, up $0.10 December Gold traded both sides of a tight choppy range on Wednesday, to settle one tic above the unchanged level Wednesday.
October 10, 2012 Stronger yuan will cheapen commodities for China: Leeb Renowned investment guru Stephen Leeb says China is pushing for a stronger yuan in order to cut the cost of its commodities purchases.
October 10, 2012 Tenders for coal, oil and gas rights trigger the ire of Queensland miners The Queensland government's decision to auction licenses for oil, coal and gas exploration has triggered widespread complaint within the mining sector of the Australian tropical state.
October 9, 2012 Rio to cut jobs on concerns over China slowdown Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) has announced further retrenchments and cost cutting measures due to concerns that the slowdown in China's economic growth will be more pronounced than expected.
October 9, 2012 Gold One fires over 75% of its workers South Africa's Gold One followed Amplats example and fired Tuesday 1,435 of its 1,900 Ezulwini employees in South Africa, after a week-long illegal strike.
October 9, 2012 Ken Chernin shares extraordinary stories of a former war metal In this Critical Metals Report exclusive, Chernin transports us from Morocco to the dazzling Newfoundland coast, to "Tungsten Town" in Northern Canada.
Ma’aden selects Metso to deliver a gold processing plant to Ar Rjum mine The order includes process electrification, field instrumentation and automation. January 15, 2026 | 03:25 pm
