September 4, 2012 Chile’s Codelco kicks off $3.5 billion copper mine expansion Chilean state-own Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, began construction of the access tunnels to the new level of its El Teniente copper mine on Tuesday.
September 4, 2012 The world’s most precious diamond collection on sale Rio Tinto is taking its collection of the world's most rare and valuable pink, red and blue diamonds to the auction table.
September 4, 2012 Rio slashes staff at Argyle diamond mine Rio Tinto has announced it will slash staff positions by almost a fifth at its Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia.
September 2, 2012 Colombia’s new energy and mining minister promises to ‘get it right’ Colombia’s energy and mining minister Federico Renjifo, who assumed the position on Thursday, said he is aware he’ll face difficult times as analysts are predicting a slowdown in demand for…
August 29, 2012 Anglo American sheds workers as coal prices plummet London-based Anglo American (LSE:AAL) has joined an expanding list of coal producers making staff cuts at specific Australian operations, after it announced it will cut at least 50 jobs when…
August 28, 2012 More singers join the ‘supercycle is over’ choir Financial Times analysts are the latest ones singing the “supercycle is over” song, as the paper points today to recent profit reports from major miners, including Anglo American, BHP Billiton,…
August 28, 2012 Rio Tinto unveils its first Indian diamonds Mining giant Rio Tinto (LSE:/NYSE:/ASX:RIO) has unveiled its inaugural set of jewelry made using diamonds from its Bunder mine project in India's Madhya Pradesh.
August 27, 2012 This week’s technical snapshop Let's dive right into charts and get started to see where the Gold and Silver Sector stand this week.
August 27, 2012 BHP sells Australia’s mammoth uranium deposit BHP Billiton (LON/ASX/NYSE:BHP) took Monday another step away from resource expansion in Australia, particularly in the uranium sector. The world's number one miner announced it's selling one of the country's…
August 27, 2012 Back to the drawing board for Olympic Dam expansion The final fate of BHP Billiton’s (ASX:BHP) Olympic Dam mine expansion remains fraught with uncertainty in the wake of the company’s announcement last week that it was shelving the project…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
