October 18, 2012

Baja Mining reports no damages to Boleo project due to hurricane Paul

Baja Mining informs that its 49% owned company has resumed its normal activities after the passage of hurricane "Paul" in the Baja California Sur region.

October 17, 2012

Oil and coal save BHP’s September quarter results

BHP Billiton (ASX,LON,NYSE:BHP), the world’s biggest miner by market value, posted Wednesday a weaker than expected September quarter from its West Australian iron ore mines as the company’s work on…

October 15, 2012

More than half of mining execs think industry is on its way up

Mining executives see lots of more sunny days in 2013 with 55% of participants in a recent survey saying they believe their sector will perform better than it did in…

October 15, 2012

Qatar sees Glencore/Xstrata merger positively

Qatar's sovereign investment fund, the second largest shareholder in Xstrata PLC (LON:XTA) with 12% of equity, confirmed Monday it is looking positively at the company's planned merger with Glencore International…

October 15, 2012

Baja Mining Announces Further Funding for Boleo Project

The company announced that a Korean Consortium has advanced additional US$13.3 million to Minera y Metalúrgica del Boleo S.A. de C.V. for the construction of the Boleo Project.

October 15, 2012

Golden Tag drills 100-meter step-out hole intersecting 63 g/t silver over 241 meters with 0.7% lead and 1.5% zinc (143 g/t AgEQ(i)) at San Diego project, Mexico

100-meter step-out hole intersecting 63 g/t silver over 241 meters with 0.7% lead and 1.5% zinc at San Diego project, Mexico

October 5, 2012

Baja Mining announces additional funding provided for Boleo project construction to continue

Baja Mining Corp. announces that the Korean Consortium has advanced US$6.7 million to Minera y Metalúrgica del Boleo S.A. de C.V.

October 5, 2012

Kloppers offloads $5 million BHP stock. Don’t worry it’s just a tax thing

At the same time the 50-year-old boss of the world's number one miner also pocketed 300,000 BHP shares worth more than $10 million thanks to the company's employee share incentive…

October 3, 2012

MAG Silver reports initial mineral resource estimate at Cinco de Mayo

Inferred Resources: 12.45 million tonnes 132 g/t Ag, 0.24 g/t Au, 2.86% Pb and 6.47% Zn.

October 2, 2012

Bolivia’s Colquiri mine to restart operation after historic agreement

The rival groups of Bolivian miners fighting over control of the Andean silver, tin and zinc Colquiri mine, reached an agreement over the weekend that was qualified as “historic” by…