November 26, 2012 Seven familiar names shortlisted to head Anglo Well-known executives headhunted from major mining companies such as BHP Billiton, AngloGold Ashanti, Barrick Gold and Xstrata have made the cut to become Anglo American’s new CEO.
November 25, 2012 Canada’s Goldcorp operations in Guatemala under the microscope An in-depth documentary by AlJazeera TV analyses the main human rights and environmental claims against the miner.
November 24, 2012 2012: The year of mining CEOs turnover What do former CEOs Cynthia Carroll, Aaron Regent, Marcelo Awad and Diego Hernández have in common?
November 22, 2012 Rio’s rocky relationship with China and the 4-foot jade horse that’s helping to fix it Call in the feng shui masters.
November 22, 2012 Codelco’s profit jumped 27% thanks to deal with Anglo Chilean state-own Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, said Thursday its January-September profits climbed 27% compared to the same period last year, thanks mainly to the settlement of a heated…
November 21, 2012 Nickel miner Talvivaara re-starts plant after radioactive leak Nickel producer Talvivaara (LON:TALV) said Wednesday authorities have allowed it to re-start the metals recovery plant at its Sotkamo nickel and zinc mine in eastern Finland.
November 20, 2012 BHP Billiton looks for new CEO outside mining BHP Billiton's (NYSE:BHP), the world's largest mining company, has not been successful in its quest to find a suitable successor to Marius Kloppers, as the South African approaches his sixth…
November 19, 2012 Rio Tinto buffing diamond float to take on De Beers The world's number two miner wants "much more" than the $500m BHP got for Ekati by listing a new entity in London.
November 15, 2012 Baja Mining reports fatality at Boleo project Construction activities at the site were immediately suspended. Investigations are currently underway and MMB is cooperating with the authorities.
November 13, 2012 Lonmin warns future at stake with $817m cash call The miner has urged its shareholders to back the cash call, warning that without the balance sheet boost it will be vulnerable in the face of fresh proposals from Xstrata.
Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025 Copper is on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009 and articles about the metal were read more than 2.5 million times this year. December 24, 2025 | 12:20 pm
