July 25, 2012 Third time’s the charm for Peru’s mining issues? Faced with never ending environmental and social conflicts over mining projects, Peru's President Ollanta Humala decided yesterday to reshuffle his Cabinet… again…for the third time.
July 25, 2012 Teck Resources down 5% after profits more than halve The diversified miner suffered lower realized prices across the board with copper down 14% to $3.57 a pound, its realized coal price was 26% below Q2 2011 at $202 a…
July 25, 2012 Miners buying existing projects rather than starting their own: study Escalating costs and economic instability may be the two main reasons why mining companies worldwide are acquiring existing projects instead of starting their own, shows the latest report from global…
July 25, 2012 Slowdown? What slowdown? Caterpillar’s best quarter in history Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), the world's largest earth-moving equipment maker, raised its 2012 profit forecast on Wednesday based on its quarterly profit report, which beat by far most of Wall Street's…
July 25, 2012 G-Resources pours first gold at Indonesia’s Martabe mine The Hong Kong-listed miner said on Wednesday that the start of production at Martabe marked a significant milestone for the company.
July 25, 2012 Haiti $20 billion untouched mineral wealth to help the country out of poverty Two and a half years after an earthquake devastated Haiti, killing more than 300,000, the country could use a windfall to help in its rebuilding efforts. Now, thanks to its…
July 24, 2012 Do gold, silver prices fall, in a shrinking, debt-distressed world? As global growth is being downgraded by the I.M.F. from 3.5% to 3.1% fears that the Eurozone is already in a recession and the U.S. is likely to enter one…
July 24, 2012 Thundermin commences 2,000 metre diamond drilling program on the Stirling base metal property, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia The 2,000 m drilling program is scheduled to investigate the zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold claims of the 64.6 km² Stirling project on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
July 24, 2012 CFTC probe into silver manipulation could be over by September The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) four-year probe into manipulation of prices on the silver market could be over as soon as September, according to CFTC member Bart Chilton.
July 24, 2012 Spanish Mountain Gold announces updated resource estimate: increased measured and indicated category reported The update, which focuses on the company's British Columbia-based gold project, has increased measured and indicated estimates on gold in the region.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
