April 22, 2012 Cutting a 149-km rail track through bogs and permafrost to ship iron ore NunatsiqOnline profiles the engineering hurdle Baffinland Iron Ore Mines Corp. will face as it attempts to get iron ore from its inland Mary River iron ore site to ports on…
April 21, 2012 Poll shows support for mining in space While we may receive confirmation on Tuesday that James Cameron and some Google executives are going to start mining in space, CBC asked its readers if it's even a good…
April 20, 2012 Indian Supreme Court allows limited iron ore mining in Karnataka Iron ore mining in India’s Karnataka state will be allowed to continue, but in a limited way, the country’s Supreme Court has […]
April 20, 2012 Obstructions to Anglo American Minas-Rio iron ore project keep on coming Anglo American’s CEO, Cynthia Carroll, said yesterday the company faces further disruption to its US$6 billion Minas-Rio iron ore operation in Brazil, although it hopes to resume construction at the…
April 20, 2012 All aboard the Chinese iron express: BHP joins Rio Tinto and Vale in new trading platform Diversified miner BHP Billiton (NYSE:RIO) today became the third iron giant to join the new China Beijing Metals Exchange (CBMX), only a few days after competitors Vale (NYSE:VALE) and Rio…
April 20, 2012 Worker riot at African Minerals’ Sierra Leone mine turns deadly The unrest by workers at African Minerals' Tonkolili iron ore mine in Sierra Leone has left one woman dead and at least six injured, witnesses and medical staff said Friday.
April 19, 2012 Are Google executives and James Cameron planning to mine asteroids? Speculation is mounting that group of heavy-hitting investors—including filmmaker James Cameron and Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt—may announce next week in Seattle plans to mine asteroids for minerals.
April 18, 2012 Woman shot dead during miners protest in S.Leone: police A woman was shot dead on Wednesday in Sierra Leone after a protest by miners at an iron mine owned by London-based African Minterals turned violent, with police firing tear…
April 18, 2012 Cambodia, once secret, is now open for business: Richard Stanger Resource investors are always looking for the next untapped region and Richard Stanger thinks he has found it.
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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
