December 21, 2012 Fracking activities polluted Alberta’s groundwater: ERCB Leaked fluid from fracking activities polluted groundwater after a “serious” incident at a well site near Grande Prairie, a city in the northwestern part of the Canadian province of Alberta,…
December 21, 2012 EU regulators drop Rio Tinto Alcan antitrust case Regulators dropped their probe into Rio Tinto Alcan on Thursday, saying they were satisfied with commitments made by the firm to ensure it does not favour subsidiaries when purchasing supplies.
December 20, 2012 Iron ore miners ending 2012 on a positive note Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton reach an almost one-year high.
December 12, 2012 Top fashion bloggers choose top 5 diamond engagement rings In an original approach to social media marketing, De Beers invited five top international bloggers to its stores in London and New York to pick out which it would be…
December 11, 2012 Rio Tinto and Anglo sell Palabora to Chinese group Mining giants Rio Tinto and Anglo American are selling a 74.5% shareholding in the South African copper company Palabora Mining to a consortium of Chinese and South African firms, in…
December 10, 2012 Santa Rosa residents protest against Goldcorp, Tahoe Resources Santa Rosa residents in Guatemala gathered in front of the Canadian Embassy last week to protest against the mining projects of GoldCorp in San Marcos and Tahoe Resources in Santa…
December 5, 2012 UK announces controversial shale gas tax breaks As analysts predicted, UK Chancellor George Osborne used his Autumn Statement Wednesday to announce tax breaks and the creation of a government office to simplify regulation of the unconventional gas…
November 30, 2012 Mining giants seek world’s second-largest undeveloped copper mine Vale (NYSE:VALE), Teck (NYSE:TCK) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) are some of the names analysts are throwing into the pot as the next likely bidders for Inmet MiningCorp. (TSX:IMN), which owns the…
November 27, 2012 De Beers partners with Rolf Sachs for holiday windows De Beers Diamond Jewellers commissioned London-based conceptual artist designer Rolf Sachs to create an installation for the holiday windows to be unveiled this week.
November 26, 2012 Anglo board reportedly considering cellphone titan for CEO "Appointing Nhleko as CEO will come out of the blue for international investors."
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
