December 30, 2012 Asteroids mining and miners told to work over Christmas among our most-read stories of 2012 The chance of start mining asteroids, workers told ‘death’ only excuse for not working on Christmas and MINING.com's very own list of top billionaires involved in minerals and metals, became…
December 30, 2012 Expected heir to $300 million copper fortune found dead A relative of American heiress Huguette Clark, who could have inherited $19 million of her $300 million fortune, has been found dead in Wyoming.
December 29, 2012 Egypt to boost mining in 2013, but first will ‘reconsider’ current licenses The new authorities are considering offering a number of international bids for mineral exploration, particularly for gold.
December 28, 2012 Glory days, made again in America U.S. needs to boost resource extraction as part of economic re-growth
December 28, 2012 China’s share of global export market rises to over 11% China gains despite global contraction
December 28, 2012 Strong performance from mining sector lends an edge to European stocks STOXX 600 European basic resources index gains1.4% on signs that growth is picking up in China
December 27, 2012 Will Papua New Guinea’s safest city survive the closure of Ok Tedi mine? The mining town of Tabubil, in Papua New Guinea, is facing the closure of the nearby Ok Tedi copper mine, an operation that currently employs nearly 2,000 people, most of…
December 27, 2012 Globe 24-7 and Thompson Creek strategic partnership Globe 24-7 HR & Recruitment has announced today a strategic partnership with Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. to manage a large-scale Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) program for their Mt Milligan…
December 26, 2012 Some facts about northern Ontario’s massive Ring of Fire mining deposits Chromium is the Ring of Fire's main claim to fame, but there are also proposals to mine nickel there, and hopes for copper, zinc, gold and palladium.
December 26, 2012 Ten amazing metal stories from 2012 From silver-lined prophylactics to iron Buddhas from space, 2012 has seen some strange and fascinating stories on the topics of both base and precious metals
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
