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.
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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 Mexico.
Name this American president who made his fortune as a gold miner in Australia
Hard to believe, but an American president's road to the White House actually began in Perth, Australia, working as a young and saavy mining engineer.
Fukushima disaster stemmed from ‘a multitude of errors and willful negligence’: parliamentary inquiry
A parliamentary inquiry released an unfliching report on the Fukushima nuclear disaster, calling the disaster manmade, wholly forseeable and even laying blame at the feet of Japanese culture itself.
Rinehart sells $50 million worth of shares in Fairfax Media
The fifth richest woman in the world, Gina Rinehart, has sold $50 million worth of her shares in Australian newspaper group Fairfax as she continues to push for a seat on the company's board.
Zimbabwe: Lack of Lecturers for Geology, Metallurgy and Mining Engineering
News Day reports that the gold sector in Zimbabwe experiences a shortage of skilled workers. Additionally, Zimbabwe’s training institutions have lost many […]
Chalco gets 30-day extension to find $920 million for SouthGobi Resources
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. agreed that the Chinese aluminum firm will get 30 days to buy Ivanhoe's stake in SouthGobi Resources.
Two regulatory bodies say TSX acquisition good to go
The Maple Group's $3.8 billion deal to acquire the TMX Group (TSX:X), which runs the TSX, cleared a major hurdle today when the acquisition was signed off by Canada's Competition Bureau and the Ontario Securities Commission.
Is Cow Mountain a golden calf? Barkerville stock corrects as doubts over bonanza find creep in
Massive trading volumes on Wednesday saw Barkerville Gold stock give up 25% over two days after some exploration analysts raised doubts about the 10 million ounces of contained gold at its Cow Mountain project in British Columbia first announced on Friday.