July 3, 2011
BHP eyes second share buyback
BHP Billiton could be set to announce another share buyback, after the successful completion of its $US10 billion ($9.3bn) capital management program. UBS analyst Glyn Lawcock said a renewed capital…
July 3, 2011
BHP Billiton could be set to announce another share buyback, after the successful completion of its $US10 billion ($9.3bn) capital management program. UBS analyst Glyn Lawcock said a renewed capital…
July 3, 2011
Andrew Michelmore, the Rhodes Scholar who plotted China’s biggest metals takeover bid, said Beijing isn’t calling the shots when it comes to buying commodities for the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
July 2, 2011
Canadian base metal and coal miners were the nation's economic bright spot in April, according to report from Statistics Canada released on Thursday. The study, which looked at gross domestic…
July 2, 2011
Mexican mining production rose 22% in April from the year-ago month, led by a big jump in output of copper, the National Statistics Institute, or Inegi, said Thursday. Copper production…
July 2, 2011
The Chilean Federation of Copper Workers announced a strike for July 11 to oppose plans to privatize the state-owned National Copper Company (Codelco). The management of Codelco, the biggest copper…
July 1, 2011
British Columbia needs more evironmental regulations to govern mine development, says the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre.The authors, Calvin Sandborn is legal director and Maya Stano, claim that the…
July 1, 2011
World No. 4 copper miner Xstrata said Friday it was confident it would hit its 2011 copper output target, after production improved in the second quarter following heavy rains in…
July 1, 2011
The downside on the precious metals should continue and we expect gold to go somewhere close to $1,472 levels.
July 1, 2011
Chile's mining sector faces a series of challenges over the coming months as growing fears of a slowdown in Chinese economic growth, dictated by the country's increasingly restrictive monetary policy,…
July 1, 2011
Jinchuan Group cut refined cobalt prices from RMB 300 kt/mt to RMB 290 kt/mt, down by 3% and cut tricobalt tetroxide prices from RMB 212/kg to RMB 207/kg.
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