May 29, 2012 $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project given go-ahead The Newman Government has given the green light to what will be one of Australia’s biggest mines, the $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.
May 28, 2012 BHP must start Olympic Dam work by year-end, minister says BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world’s biggest mining company, will lose the right to proceed with the $33 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion in Australia if it doesn’t start work…
May 28, 2012 The euro and the gold price – potential fallout consequences For many years now gold and silver -by its pattern of following gold wherever it goes- have been treated by traders, investors and central banks as a 'counter to the…
May 28, 2012 Chinese coal, iron ore defaults prompt mystery Over the last two weeks, Chinese consumers of thermal coal and iron ore have been defaulting on their contracts, sending prices sharply down.
May 28, 2012 As the financial collapse approaches, should you go all-in on gold and silver? Should you put all of your assets - your hard currency, your 401K, your stock portfolio - into gold and silver now, before it's "too late?"
May 28, 2012 Gold eases higher in slow holiday trade Gold futures eased higher in slow U.S afternoon trade Monday, but were off the highest levels of the session amid ongoing concerns over political turmoil in Greece and growing fears…
May 28, 2012 Brazil’s Vale to sell all of its Colombian coal assets for over $400 million Mining giant Vale said on Monday it will sell its coal assets in Colombia to CPC, a unit of Colombian Natural Resources, for $407 million.
May 28, 2012 Market Chatter: Oil India Eyes Stake in ConocoPhillips’ Canada Oil Sands State-run explorer Oil India is looking at buying stake in ConocoPhillips' (COP.N) oil sand assets in Canada, as well as the Gabon assets of France's Maurel et Prom, Finance Director…
May 28, 2012 Pro-coal group allegedly paid fake activists to wear its shirts at EPA hearings The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held 12 hours of stacked hearings in Chicago on Thursday, allowing the public to express their opinions (mostly adulation according to The Huffington Post)…
May 28, 2012 Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the…
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am
