January 6, 2012 Newmont trying hard to divert protestors’ attention in Peru by stressing Conga copper-gold mine community benefits As protests against the $4.8 billion Conga project in Peru resumed this week, Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) has put together a strategic document outlining its community investment projects related…
January 6, 2012 Freeport’s Grasberg miners want owed wages to return Union spokesman Virgo Solossa said Friday the miners will stop returning to the mine on Saturday if they are not paid salaries owed to them during a recent three-month strike.
January 5, 2012 Junior revives Mexico’s Guanajuato silver district Golden Fame (V.CFA) has stepped in as the newest participant in the mineral-rich Guanajuato district with its historical Algun Dia gold-silver-copper project
January 5, 2012 First Quantum gets out of Congo with $1.25 billion asset sale First Quantum Minerals, the Vancouver-based copper miner embroiled in a dispute with the Congolese government over expropriation of one of its key assets, has sold its mines in the Central…
January 5, 2012 Union drops strike at First Quantum mine in Zambia Workers at First Quantum Minerals' Zambian copper/gold mine resumed work this morning after the country’s minister of labour intervened to end the two-day wage strike.
January 4, 2012 First Quantum suspends production at its copper/gold mine in Zambia First Quantum announced that it is suspending production at its 80%-owned Kansanshi copper/gold mine in Zambia due to a labour dispute that started yesterday.
January 4, 2012 LME copper falls as Europe worries offset US optimism London copper fell on Wednesday, snapping two days of gains, as worries that the financial crisis in the euro zone will slow […]
January 4, 2012 Canada’s Inmet Mining can go ahead with its Cobre Panama copper project Canada's Inmet Mining (TSX:IMN) reached a milestone after the government of Panama approved the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) for its Cobre Panama copper project.
January 4, 2012 Exploration boosted by China’s $89m base metals deal CHINESE trader Guangdong Guangxin Holdings has signed an $89 million deal to boost its interests in Australian base metals by buying a quarter of the Mineral Hill copper and goldmine…
January 3, 2012 Imperial Metals Corporation: Huckleberry Mine expansion approved Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III) reports permit amendments for Huckleberry mine have been received. The board of directors of Huckleberry Mines Ltd. (HML) has formally approved the Main Zone Optimization (MZO)…
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