July 8, 2012 Life at BHP: it’s a soup opera The Australian Financial Review reports instructions for "nibble food" consumption and the display of work-related awards feature among "a bewildering array of dos and don'ts" for 3,000 BHP Billiton office…
July 7, 2012 Abundant zinc could replace scarce and pricey indium in solar panels Oxford University researchers looking for more efficient and cheaper ways to manufacture solar panels have found a possible solution in lowly base metal zinc.
July 6, 2012 Trevali Mining announces $9,527,500 bought deal private placement of flow-through shares On a private placement basis, 9,250,000 common shares are to be issued at a price of $1.03 per flow-through share for aggregate gross proceeds of $9,527,500.
July 6, 2012 Donner Metals provides exploration drilling update The extensive report illustrates results from drilling conducted within the 4,737 square kilometer Matagami Project such as an unexpected find of 4.27g/t gold and 5.00g/t silver over a 1m interval…
July 6, 2012 Xstrata-Glencore merger vote postponed: unions raise concerns Xstrata has delayed voting on a merger with Glencore as investors continue to dictate the offer and unions become more vocal about their concerns over the deal.
July 5, 2012 Silver Mountain Provides Overview of Exploration and Drilling Results from Its Ptarmigan Property, BC The company highlighted a samples from its from its Ptarmigan property in which grab samples returned grades up to 1,368 g/t Ag, 0.99 g/t Au, 50.87% Pb, 1.42% Zn and…
July 5, 2012 Australia won’t get in the way of Glencore-Xstrata Australia's antitrust regulator has decided it would not oppose commodities trader Glencore's $26 billion takeover of miner Xstrata.
July 5, 2012 MacDonald Mines acquires additional claims in the ring of fire & provides corporate update The company reports on the acquisition of claims in the Ring of Fire area, changes of the board and the authorization of a new auditing group to fix remuneration.
July 5, 2012 Baja’s top shareholder won’t give more for Boleo Besieged Baja Mining suffered another setback on Thursday after Mount Kellett Capital Management, the company’s largest shareholder, announced it wouldn’t provide debt or equity financing for the Boleo project in…
July 3, 2012 The incredible shrinking merger: Glenstrata already worth $35 billion less Knight Vinke is looking for a ratio of 3.25:1 similar to the demands of Qatar which last week pushed the $60 billion deal to the verge of collapse.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
