June 8, 2012 Dominican Republic: Sandy beaches, turquoise water and $58 billion waiting to be extracted The Dominican Republic is soon to become more than just a sunny destination. Data published by the country’s geology society claim the Central American nation is sitting on nearly $58…
June 7, 2012 Kloppers clobbers capex: Forget Olympic Dam and Jansen, BHP is now even cutting back iron ore “The economics of some of these projects has changed,” he said. “I think for the next two years, 18 months perhaps, we will just wait and see how things develop.”
June 7, 2012 First Point begins field exploration on its 100%-owned properties in British Columbia and Yukon in preparation for drilling The Klow project in central British Columbia is1,800-metre drilling campaign that is expected to get underway towards the end of June.
June 7, 2012 10-year review critiques the mining industry’s sustainability The IIED report urges the sector to move from improving its standards in principle to actually implementing them in practice.
June 5, 2012 FT: EU’s efforts to cut red tape held up by anti-graft rules for mining companies At the moment the draft legislation requires mining companies to disclose on a project-by-project basis what they pay local officials in foreign countries.
June 5, 2012 Canada re-emerges as the top destination for mining and metals deals: Ernst & Young Canada topped the global mining and metals sector as the number one target destination by total deal value in the first three months of this year, says international firm Ernst…
June 4, 2012 Canadian Arrow starts mining at Kelex Nickel Project Canadian Arrow Mines Limited announced Monday that it has commenced the mining phase on its Kelex nickel mine. Overburden removal is in progress and is planned to take one month…
June 4, 2012 Canada’s metals and mining companies are all smiles: survey The first Canadian mid-market chief financial officer (CFO) survey published today by GE Capital, shows that local metals and mining companies are extremely positive about the current state of the…
May 31, 2012 Why isn’t this copper miner smiling? He’s getting a $45 million bonus just for staying on In all $265 million will be doled out to senior management at Xstrata to stop them from jumping ship after a merger with Glencore. The two companies are also paying…
May 31, 2012 Glenstrata ready to become the largest mining industry merger in recent history The prospectus giving details of the creation of a $90 billion mining and commodities trading behemoth will finally find its way to the inboxes of shareholders today.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
