May 19, 2012 Junior resource investment in a financial meltdown – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Rick Rule's presentation at the New York Hard Assets Conference earlier this week sees some light for the informed junior resource investor despite current patterns which have mostly been Bad…
May 18, 2012 Pebble Mine would damage water, fish habitat: EPA A report released today by the US EPA does not paint a favourable picture of the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska.
May 18, 2012 McEwen considers selling the Los Azules Project in Argentina McEwen Mining (TSX and NYSE:MUX) President and CEO Rob McEwen on Thursday cautioned shareholders that recent energy-industry expropriation and Argentina government policy decrees augured negatively for its San José silver/gold…
May 18, 2012 Inmet finances Cobre Panama under majority ownership Toronto-based major Inmet Mining has opted to retain its majority interest in the world-class Cobre Panama copper-gold project through development financing, as the company announced a hybrid plan that would…
May 17, 2012 Mongolia legislates caps on foreign investment Mongolia is capping foreign investment in certain industries, including mining, in an attempt to keep profits inside the mineral-rich nation's borders.
May 17, 2012 Small BHP joint venture loses silver lining BHP Billiton has quit a small joint venture to define the Altia copper and silver prospect in Queensland, just a day after the company's chairman and its chief executive warned…
May 17, 2012 Expat execs in Africa: Without ‘danger pay’ how does the money stack up now? Africa's economic indicators are all pointing up, but executive pay packages and living arrangements for expatriates are changing too.
May 17, 2012 Russian billionaire Prokhorov files for copper-nickel Toronto IPO Move over Mark Zuckerberg. Russia’s Mikhail Prokhorov, who Forbes ranks as the 58th richest person globally, has filed a prospectus to list his Intergeo MMC in Toronto, announcing it the…
May 16, 2012 Xstrata $60 billion Philippine mine may stall at church door Xstrata Plc (XTA), the world’s fourth- biggest copper producer, risks missing a 2016 target to begin extracting about $60 billion of minerals from its project in the Philippines because of…
May 16, 2012 Finnish mining boom prompts regulation backlash on polluters Finland’s mining companies stand to face tougher rules as environmental damage prompts regulators to check the Nordic nation’s mining boom.
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
