October 11, 2011 Contractors strike at Aquarius Platinum’s Everest Mine A mining contractor at Aquarius Platinum's Everest Mine is on strike. The strike has been called by the Association of Mining and Construction Unions, which is demanding full organizational rights…
October 10, 2011 Barclays analysis says precious metals may handle downturn best Gold, silver, platinum and palladium, as well as other commodities, generally stand a better chance of handling a global economic downturn than other types of investments, Barclays Capital said Monday.
October 10, 2011 Physical buying from China drives gold rally, safe haven demand absent Gold for December delivery traded up $37.30, or 2.3%, at $1,673.10 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange in early afternoon trade Monday, after climbing more than $40 earlier…
October 9, 2011 Pyrrhic victory for Mugabe as Rio Tinto gives up control of tiny diamond mine, but likely drops $200 million expansion News reports on Saturday say Rio Tinto's Zimbabwe subsidiary Murowa Diamonds has ceded 51% of its equity to comply with a new law that requires Zimbabweans to own the majority…
October 5, 2011 North American Palladium to expand flagship Ontario mine Canada's North American Palladium said it plans to expand its flagship mine in Northern Ontario at a cost of around $75 million for the first phase of the project. Phase…
September 29, 2011 Rusal completes $9.33 billion debt refinancing As expected the proposal by Norilsk Nickel management to buy back some of the stake in it controlled by Oleg Deripaska’s RusAl has been rebuffed. 29.08, 12:39 The world’s largest…
September 28, 2011 Norilsk: May Sell Some Of Its Shares, Says Rusal May Dispute Buyback MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russian Polar miner OAO Norilsk Nickel (GMKN.RS) Wednesday said it may sell all or part of its treasury shares, representing in total a 9.23% stake in the…
September 27, 2011 Stillwater withdraws offer after ‘dramatic deterioration’ on capital markets Stillwater Mining Company on Monday became one of the first miners to find funding drying up following the punishment meted out to precious metals recently, when it announced after market…
September 26, 2011 Prophecy Platinum up 5.69% after announcing Wellgreen results Prophecy Platinum (CVE:NKL) was up 5.69% on Monday trading after announcing drill results at its Wellgreen project, located in Yukon. Prophecy stated […]
September 26, 2011 Street sweepings in London to be processed for platinum India Express said that Veolia Environment plans to process street sweepings in London to extract platinum group metals. Image from Ponchitos
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
