September 29, 2012 Ancient Buddhist statue found in Tibet carved from meteorite A Buddha statue looted by Nazis in Tibet in the 1930s was carved from the Chinga meteorite, which crashed to the Earth 15,000 years ago, revealed Elmar Buchner of the…
September 28, 2012 Norilsk Nickel approves capex cuts for 2012 MMC Norilsk Nickel has announced that the company’s board of directors has approved a reduction in investment expenditure for 2012, as proposed by the management.
September 28, 2012 NASA takes asteroid mining seriously; funds viability study Only five months after Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron officially launched their asteroid mining focused Planetary Resources company, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is funding…
September 28, 2012 Colombia renews controversial mining contract with BHP The debated contract, that has Colombian authorities divided over the terms under which BHP Billiton should operate the Cerro Matoso nickel mine, found a momentary solution this week after the…
September 27, 2012 Norilsk Nickel looks to acquire PGM licenses in Africa despite risk At the Russia Investment Summit, Norilsk Nickel CEO Vladimir Strzhalkovsky said the company looks to obtain licenses for platinum group metals deposits in South Africa to increase its resource base.
September 27, 2012 Survey: Finland is top mining destination, Mexico jumps 16 places Australia's Dragon Mining announced the discovery of a promising new area of gold deposits in Kuusamo, Finland, only hours after the country was announced as the top destination for mining…
September 26, 2012 Xstrata closes nickel mine in Australia Diversified miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) announced Wednesday it is suspending operations at its Cosmos nickel mine in Western Australia, as nickel prices have plummeted dramatically.
September 23, 2012 Australia trade minister: No mining bust, but cutbacks and even new taxes needed Both Australian trade minister Craig Emerson and treasurer Wayne Swan over the weekend entered the debate over whether the country is facing a period of decline as the country's resource-led…
September 22, 2012 Drill baby drill, the secret to prospect generation Prospect generators Duane and Morgan Poliquin of Almaden Minerals Ltd. have a business model that works: find a prospect.
September 21, 2012 Xstrata gets an extra week to decide on Glencore merger Diversified miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) and commodities trader Glencore International (LON:GLEN) have now until October 1 to decided on the $36 billion lauded merger.
Codelco, SQM kick off lithium tie-up with board meeting The NovaAndino Litio company was established after an agreement signed in May 2024 and valid until 2060. December 29, 2025 | 07:59 am
