May 9, 2012 Vanadium: Awaiting energizing Specialty metals suffer, in many cases, from being either combined with other metals in small quantities to gain relevance or have stand-alone usages that seem obscure or humdrum. In the…
May 9, 2012 Canadian Teck Resources shows renewed interest for the iron ore industry Canadian miner giant Teck Resources Ltd. (NYSE:TCK, TSX:TCK.B) is interested in entering the iron ore industry and would seek to acquire a producing asset rather than develop a mining project,…
May 9, 2012 Thousands of mining jobs coming to Canada’s Northern Ontario thanks to new chromite project The Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines announced today that Cliffs Natural Resources will invest $3.3 billion to build a chromite mine, transportation corridor and processing facility in Northern…
May 9, 2012 Collapse in Canadian mining deals in midst of global uncertainty While 2011 was a near-record year for mining mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with over 2,600 deals worth $149 billion in the global mining sector, 2012 is not looking so good,…
May 8, 2012 New China iron ore exchange trades 242,000 tonnes on first day A total of 242,000 tonnes of iron ore were traded on the first day of business on China’s first physical iron ore trading platform, China Beijing Mining Exchange (CBMX) said…
May 7, 2012 China wants to take over the world’s largest undeveloped iron ore project A private group of Chinese magnates is planning to take away Guinea’s Simandou, the world's largest undeveloped iron ore project, from Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.
May 7, 2012 New Chinese iron ore trading platform debuts tomorrow The new China Beijing Metals Exchange (CBMX), the country’s first physical iron ore trading platform is set to debut Tuesday, with the major producers of the commodity BHP Billiton (NYSE:RIO),…
May 6, 2012 Rio risks losing lease on prize iron ore project Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese has moved to assure Australian investors that the miner will not over-commit its expansion spending to iron ore but news from London highlights the…
May 5, 2012 Goliath vs David and Goliath battle brewing over world-first ‘stainless steel’ deposit Vancouver's First Point Minerals served notice of arbitration on Cliffs on Saturday because the iron and coal giant refuses to hand over crucial information about the tiny explorer's Decar project,…
May 5, 2012 Cliffs Refuses to Provide First Point with Key Data on Decar Project First Point Minerals Corp. announces that it has served notice of arbitration on Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Canada Inc. and Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Inc. (collectively "Cliffs") over Cliffs' refusal…
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
