July 3, 2012 World’s No. 3 copper mine Collahuasi to reduce costs with solar power Chile’s Doña Inés de Collahuasi mining company announced Solarpack has won the contract to build a 25 MW solar energy park, which will supply nearly 13% of the mine's power…
July 3, 2012 Beijing Donia Resources Co., Ltd. announces the acquisition of units of Silvore Fox Minerals Corp. Beijing Donia has acquired 16,111,111 units of Silvore Fox Minerals at a price of $0.09 per unit. Donia now holds a total of 65,178,772 shares, roughly 40% of Silvore Fox.
July 2, 2012 Unmasking the Asian giant Chinese operas have been keeping audiences enthralled for hundreds of years with mythical characters, enchanting stories and elaborate masks that add drama and mystery. While this fantastical treatment is appreciated…
July 2, 2012 Copper market expects squeeze, big holding appears Traders are bracing for a replay of the April squeeze that made copper expensive to obtain quickly, saying major trader Glencore controls almost half the inventories of the commodity held…
July 2, 2012 Barrick Gold headed to $53 despite losing Chilean ownership row Gold giant Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) has faced a setback in its ownership row with Goldcorp (NYSE:GG) over a copper and gold mine in Chile as Ontario Superior court dismissed Barrick's claim…
July 2, 2012 Xstrata to acquire majority interest in Roseby Project Altona Mining has received a notice from Xstrata Mount Isa Mines that it intends to exercise its option to acquire a 51% interest in a portion of the Roseby Project…
July 2, 2012 Stillwater Mining Company announces submission of environmental impact statement for Marathon Platinum Group Metals-copper project The Marathon Project, located near Lake Superior in Ontario, has anticipated annual production of about 200,000 ounces of palladium and platinum and 37 million pounds of copper.
July 1, 2012 Australia’s carbon emission tax kicks in After years of political wrangling, the Minerals Resource Rent Tax or MRRT takes affect as the country's largest polluters will now pay A$23 for every tonne of greenhouse gas they…
July 1, 2012 It’s gold, silver and bronze for Rio’s mine Anna Wiley remembers stacks of white plastic buckets, each containing copper buttons, at Rio Tinto's Kennecott copper refinery.
June 30, 2012 Ignore the market jump, a reckoning is coming: Jim Rogers Jim Rogers poured cold water on Friday's stock rally after European leaders agreed to backstop more debt-stricken banks. The S&P 500 jumped 2.49% on Friday, and spot gold was up…
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm
