September 24, 2012 Brazil’s Batista about to get richer – will sell 49% stake in AUX to Qatar Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, number one on MINING.com's list of the world's wealthiest miners, is about to get even richer as the tycoon is in talks to sell a 49%…
September 24, 2012 Divisive contract to exploit Lithium in Chile granted to local SQM Chile’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), the world’s largest lithium producer, has won a tender to develop a lithium concession in the country, which produces nearly 40% of the increasingly…
September 24, 2012 Sandfire defies wave of project setbacks to launch copper mine on schedule Western Australia's Sandfire Resources (ASX:SFR) is on the verge of bringing its DeGrussa copper mine on line in accordance with its original schedule and budget targets.
September 23, 2012 GOOD READ: The copper king who caused the 1907 Wall Street panic Whip smart and devious, Frederick Heinze took advantage of the so-called apex law, a provision that allowed owners of a surface outcrop to mine it wherever it led.
September 22, 2012 A lost world of junior mining opportunities When Leily Omoumi, a gold analyst with Scotiabank in Toronto, turns her engineer's eye on a mining company, she can translate insight into profits for investors.
September 22, 2012 Drill baby drill, the secret to prospect generation Prospect generators Duane and Morgan Poliquin of Almaden Minerals Ltd. have a business model that works: find a prospect.
September 21, 2012 Copper extends 15% gain since August as market swings into huge deficit First half market shortfall climbs to 292,000 tonnes as mine production grows just 2.4%.
September 21, 2012 Xstrata gets an extra week to decide on Glencore merger Diversified miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) and commodities trader Glencore International (LON:GLEN) have now until October 1 to decided on the $36 billion lauded merger.
September 21, 2012 Oyu Tolgoi ready to lift the curtain, but someone has to turn on the lights Rio Tinto’s flagship $5.2 billion copper-gold Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia near the Chinese border – one of the biggest mining projects in the world – is practically ready to…
September 20, 2012 Taseko up 5% as investors bet Prosperity will be OK’d this time Initial exploration activity in the vicinity of the Prosperity deposit date back to the early 1930s.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
