July 25, 2012 Suncor to delay joint venture oil sands projects Billions of dollars in joint venture projects with partner Total E&P Canada will be delayed, said Suncor Energy’s new chief executive Steve Williams on Wednesday, as both companies are analyzing…
July 25, 2012 Miners buying existing projects rather than starting their own: study Escalating costs and economic instability may be the two main reasons why mining companies worldwide are acquiring existing projects instead of starting their own, shows the latest report from global…
July 25, 2012 Slowdown? What slowdown? Caterpillar’s best quarter in history Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), the world's largest earth-moving equipment maker, raised its 2012 profit forecast on Wednesday based on its quarterly profit report, which beat by far most of Wall Street's…
July 24, 2012 Three steps to rare earth mining success It's a complicated business, but Alex Knox has a simple recipe for successful rare earth mining. In this interview with The Critical Metals Report, Alex Knox of AWK Geological Consulting…
July 24, 2012 Anglo American agrees to acquire majority interest in Revuboè metallurgical coal project in Mozambique Anglo has agreed to acquire a 58.9% interest in the Mozambique-based Revuboè coal project. The Revuboè project is currently a joint venture that includes Nippon Steel Corporation, and POSCO.
July 24, 2012 Do gold, silver prices fall, in a shrinking, debt-distressed world? As global growth is being downgraded by the I.M.F. from 3.5% to 3.1% fears that the Eurozone is already in a recession and the U.S. is likely to enter one…
July 24, 2012 Spanish uranium mining revived Stock in London-listed Berkeley Resources added 9% after announcing a deal with Enusa – Spain's state-owned nuclear enterprise.
July 23, 2012 China’s met coal imports surged 175% in H1 2012 During the first half of 2012, China imported a total of 140 million tonnes of thermal coal which was 66% higher, boosted by an increase in coking coal imports of…
July 23, 2012 CNOOC-Nexen: China’s swoop shows sweet timing as Canadian crude discount halves Despite a steep drop in the price of crude on Monday with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate down almost 4% in afternoon trade at $88.55, the price oil sands producers…
July 23, 2012 The gilded age of bankers Between 1865 and 1898 the US economy grew at the fastest rate in its history, yet in 1880 11 million of the nation's 12 million families earned less than $1200…
Copper price: Strains deepen as global smelting activity hits decade low Copper prices are under renewed pressure after satellite data showed 1.2 million tonnes of January smelter capacity outside China went idle. February 12, 2026 | 11:01 am
