April 12, 2012 Indonesia not only wants to own foreign mining co’s, now it will impose higher taxes on them too Indonesia wants to have its mining cake and eat it too, as the country, one of the world's largest exporters of copper and coal, will speed up a tax on…
April 11, 2012 Gold can now protect us from both economic and environmental collapse While gold's primary use these days is a hedge against Europe going belly up or paper currency becoming debased, researchers at MIT found that a little gold added to copper…
April 11, 2012 BHP Billiton to permanently close Norwich Park coal mine BMA have today announced it will cease production at the Norwich Park coal mine.
April 10, 2012 China’s upcoming leadership change It's not just the United States that will have a potentially major leadership shake up this fall.
April 10, 2012 New report shows resource investors cannot pick a worse spot to put their money than Toronto Overall, only the stock indices of Spain and Portugal's top companies fared worse than Toronto's S&P/TSX-60. But in the group of resource-heavy exporting countries Canada's stock market came in stone…
April 10, 2012 Using time lapse video to show 15,272 temperature records falling across the USA March 2012 broke all the hot weather records in the USA. It was the warmest month in the eastern two-thirds of the USA since records, going back to 1895, were…
April 9, 2012 Glasenberg – 1, Xstrata shareholders – 0 The $2.6 billion Qatari investment could provide Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg the necessary backing he needs to push through the deal which many Xstrata shareholders say sell them short.
April 9, 2012 Caterpillar’s big bet on the US economy It hasn't been long since Caterpillar Inc looked like the typical resident of the Rust Belt. Having misjudged how deep the U.S. economy would decline, the world's largest maker of…
April 8, 2012 BHPB coal mines to be hit by new stoppages April 12 – Union Reuters reported that Australian coal mines owned by BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Corporation will be hit by a second work stoppage on April 12th 2012, with union workers planning to…
April 8, 2012 Joy Global explains underground coal mining This video by mining equipment manufacturer Job Global, more educational than promotional, gives an excellent overview of longwall, versus room and pillar underground coal mining.
Lundin Gold to invest $100 million in 2026 Ecuador exploration Lundin wants to increase its existing reserves totaling 5.54 million ounces, and identify new deposits through a three-year project. February 12, 2026 | 10:29 am
