February 27, 2012 Experts debate feasibility of mining on the moon The mining industry will be following closely the outcomes of this week’s International Space Station members’ meeting in Quebec city, Canada, as the heads of the world's five biggest space…
February 27, 2012 Teuton options Tennyson gold-copper property in $7.5 million deal Teuton Resources Corp. (TUO.V) today announced that it has optioned its Tennyson gold-copper property to a private company in the Hunter Dickinson Inc. group. The property is located north of…
February 27, 2012 Indian gold ETF investment doubled last year – and set to surge this As investors in India look to bolster their investment portfolio and look for options outside the stock market, demand for ETFs that invest in gold doubled in 2011 and is…
February 26, 2012 400 million euros worth of shipwrecked gold and silver coins back in Spain Associated Press reports that two military planes laden with 17 tons of silver and gold coins recovered from a sunken Spanish galleon have touched down in Madrid.
February 26, 2012 The new Canadian gold rush Scott Ulvstal had pretty much given up on the idea of settling down in his hometown in northeastern Ontario. He left with his girlfriend, Rosanna, a decade ago, hitting the…
February 26, 2012 Precious metals close lower Gold futures fell Friday for the first time this week, as traders cashed out to profit from the precious metal's rise to three-month highs.
February 26, 2012 Former Crystallex Las Cristinas gold project to go ahead with Chinese help Venezuela's President Chavez has annoiunced that Chinese investment company CITIC will help develop the potentially extremely large Las Cristinas gold project which has been withdrawn from Crystallex.
February 26, 2012 Violence halts Papua mine production Freeport-McMoRan has suspended operations at it gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia's Papua province due to fighting among its employees.
February 25, 2012 Vedanta consolidation to create world’s 7th largest natural resources company London-based Vedanta Group (LON:VED) announced Saturday a merger of two of its subsidiaries, Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries, into a new corporate entity to be named Sesa Sterlite.
February 25, 2012 Advisory warns investors of risks of proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska Citing community opposition, unprecedented infrastructure requirements, and environmental risks, Earthworks questions whether the mine, located in the Bristol Bay area, will ever be built.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
