October 23, 2012 Xstrata’s Dominican nickel project in UN’s hands United Nations Development Program (UNDP) representative, Valerie Julliand, announced Tuesday the body has agreed to the Dominican Republic’s government's request to review Xstrata Nickel’s environmental impact study for the Loma…
October 22, 2012 Chinese businesses rush to Indonesia in lead up to mineral export ban Chinese investors and suppliers are flocking to Indonesia in the lead up to the archipelago nation's imposition of a ban on mineral exports in 2014.
October 22, 2012 MBMI announces grant of stock options and resignation of director The company announces the grant of 1,300,000 options to purchase common shares. Each option is exercisable at a price of $0.10 per share for a five year term.
October 17, 2012 Regional court sides with RUSAL in Norilsk Nickel buyback dispute The Krasnoyarsk regional court has deemed that Norilsk Nickel and Vladimir Potanin's Interros are affiliated bodies, thus siding with UC RUSAL's claim.
October 17, 2012 Oil and coal save BHP’s September quarter results BHP Billiton (ASX,LON,NYSE:BHP), the world’s biggest miner by market value, posted Wednesday a weaker than expected September quarter from its West Australian iron ore mines as the company’s work on…
October 15, 2012 Qatar sees Glencore/Xstrata merger positively Qatar's sovereign investment fund, the second largest shareholder in Xstrata PLC (LON:XTA) with 12% of equity, confirmed Monday it is looking positively at the company's planned merger with Glencore International…
October 12, 2012 Marifil resumes operatorship of Las Aguilas John Hite, President of Marifil, comments: "While we are disappointed that Prophecy Platinum has elected not to move forward with Las Aguilas, we remain excited about the property and the…
October 11, 2012 INFOGRAPHIC: Nickel, where form meets function While best known for it's use in the 5 cent coin, nickel has farm more strategic uses.
October 5, 2012 Kloppers offloads $5 million BHP stock. Don’t worry it’s just a tax thing At the same time the 50-year-old boss of the world's number one miner also pocketed 300,000 BHP shares worth more than $10 million thanks to the company's employee share incentive…
Copper price set for biggest annual gain since 2009 on supply bets The red metal has notched a series of all-time highs in an end-of-year surge, rallying over 40% on the London Metal Exchange this year. December 31, 2025 | 10:31 am
