April 12, 2012 Indonesia not only wants to own foreign mining co’s, now it will impose higher taxes on them too Indonesia wants to have its mining cake and eat it too, as the country, one of the world's largest exporters of copper and coal, will speed up a tax on…
April 12, 2012 Lundin paying up to $78 million for 80% stake in Spanish copper mine Europe-focused Lundin Mining has cut a deal for an 80% stake in a copper mine in northern Spain.
April 11, 2012 Iron ore price hits 6-month high The price is up more than 27% from lows struck in October last year when the steelmaking ingredient experienced a mini crash.
April 11, 2012 Sandfire touts strong gold-copper mine growth Australian mining company Sandfire Resources has released its first quarter results, showing a significant growth at its gold and copper mine in the Murchison.
April 11, 2012 Peruvian company Grupo Brescia to extract copper in Chile Peruvian company Grupo Brescia announced today that it is going ahead with plans to further diversify its investments by mining for copper in neighbouring Chile, reports Portal Minero.
April 11, 2012 Peruvian miners rescued this morning The nine miners trapped in a high altitude underground copper mine in Peru since last Thursday are well and with their families, after they were freed this morning (12:00 GMT).
April 11, 2012 Massive quake in Indonesia triggers tsunami alert An undersea 8.6 earthquake struck Indonesia this morning at 04:38 ET, announced the U.S. Geological survey (USGS). The movement, which triggered a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean, has forced…
April 10, 2012 New report shows resource investors cannot pick a worse spot to put their money than Toronto Overall, only the stock indices of Spain and Portugal's top companies fared worse than Toronto's S&P/TSX-60. But in the group of resource-heavy exporting countries Canada's stock market came in stone…
April 10, 2012 HudBay eyes further growth in Peru Base metals miner HudBay Minerals is looking at expanding its asset base in Peru as it seeks to create a new hub that replicates the successes enjoyed at its mines…
April 10, 2012 Newmont faces new protests in Peru as key report for $4.8 billion Conga project expected this week Peru’s long-running Conga mine dispute is about to reach a turning point as international consultants appointed by the government in February finalize their environmental report on Newmont Mining and Buenaventura's…
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