March 28, 2012 Workers for rival miners brawl at pubs A Port Hedland pub has banned patrons from wearing work uniforms due to rising tensions between the workers of rival Pilbara mining companies.
March 28, 2012 Fatal flaws and opportunities in gold investing: Brent Cook Brent Cook, editor of Exploration Insights, describes the past 15 years of change in gold, copper and iron.
March 28, 2012 Junior delivers promising results near historic Sullivan Mine As one would expect during this period of instability, miners have become increasingly drawn towards the surroundings of past-producing mines.
March 28, 2012 Canada’s Labrador to drive potential iron ore boom in the country A remote geographic zone straddling Canadian Québec and Labrador areas is causing quite a stir in mining circles due to the large iron reserves waiting to be developed into mines.
March 27, 2012 BHP’s Marius Kloppers makes 30 best CEOs in the world list (again) Why? For mining the stuff for making China.
March 27, 2012 Carbon Friendly Solutions signs MOU with major iron and shell producer in China Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (CNSX: CFQ) announced the company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Microcoal International Inc. (“MCI”), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Hebei Iron and Steel Group…
March 26, 2012 Metso to supply additional mining services to Northland Resources in Sweden Metso has signed a major service contract with Northland Resources AB, consisting of a six-year service, maintenance and inspection program for the Kaunisvaara iron ore processing plant, located in northern…
March 26, 2012 Aquila and Vale take a break on coal sales dispute A legal clash between Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYX:VALE) and Australia's Aquila Resources (ASX: AQA) has taken a step towards resolution this morning after the companies announced they’ve reached an…
March 23, 2012 China Development Bank has $1 trillion to lend: Its investment arm is ‘very actively seeking’ nickel assets Chinese firms have been snapping up copper, uranium, iron ore and coking coal assets around the world, but have yet to make a big splash in nickel.
March 23, 2012 India wants to truck Afghan ore through Pakistan India is hoping to bury the hatchet with its historical rival Pakistan, at least enough for both sides to benefit from a massive iron ore deposit in Afghanistan.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
