December 17, 2012 LME hits record volumes on last independent day 149.6 million lots carrying a notional value of $13.6 trillion ahead of Hong Kong takeover completion.
December 17, 2012 First Quantum seeks to create world’s biggest copper producer with hostile Inmet bid Inmet shareholders approached directly with sweetened deal
December 15, 2012 Chinese investors make foray into Alaskan mining A Chinese fund has contributed $3 million in financing to explorations for copper, gold, zinc and silver at two project sites in Alaska
December 14, 2012 Teck announces decision in phase 1 of Upper Columbia River litigation Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) ("Teck") announced today that the Federal District Court for Eastern Washington has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in Phase 1…
December 13, 2012 Golden Tag: New discovery adds bulk mining potential to emerging major silver-lead-zinc property at San Diego, Durango State, Mexico Five new drill holes previously reported in 2012. All holes, for a 100% hit ratio, have intersected significant widths of silver-lead-zinc mineralization.
December 11, 2012 Glencore-Xstrata deal hits South African snag Glencore has extended the deadline to complete takeover of Xstrata (LON:XTA) by a month after South African power utility Eskom expressed worries about its coal supplies.
December 11, 2012 Rio Cristal clarifies disclosure related to mineral resource estimate On March 2, 2012, the Company filed on SEDAR an independent technical report in respect of the mineral resource estimate on the company's Bongará project. The BCSC has advised the…
December 9, 2012 INFOGRAPHIC: Why asteroid mining is necessary Platinum will be depleted in 20 to 30 years.
December 4, 2012 Baja Mining reports on Boleo project financing and technical report status Baja Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has been informed by Minera y Metalúrgica del Boleo, S.A.P.I. de C.V. , which is now controlled by members of the…
December 2, 2012 Key LME broker vows to stay on after HKEx deal London Metal Exchange's largest broker says HKEx purchase will help its Asian expansion
Copper price tops $12,000 for first time on tariffs, supply woes Copper prices exceed $12,000 a tonne for the first time on record due to mine disruptions and tariffs, despite weak demand in China. December 23, 2025 | 05:39 am
