October 25, 2011 Art gallery thieves make a quick buck melting down rare bronze sculptures for scrap market AP reports one of the four bronze sculptures that included a Jules Dalou, sculptor of the famous Triomphe de la République in Paris (pictured), stolen from the Johannesburg Art Gallery…
October 25, 2011 Gem sells rough for $16.5 million and bargains for cut of polished profit London-listed Gem Diamonds announced Tuesday it has sold the world’s 14th largest white diamond discovered at its Letšeng Mine in Lesotho two months ago for $16.5 million in cash. Gem…
October 25, 2011 This week in uranium: Ur-Energy starts building in Wyoming, Cameco heads for Argentina Ur-Energy is almost ready to start construction at the Lost Creek uranium project after being awarded a permit to mine from the state of Wyoming. Meanwhile, Cameco has signed a…
October 25, 2011 Ghana should increase mining tax to gain revenues – IMF The International Monetary Fund says Ghana stands more to gain should it choose to explore ways of taxing its mining sector to generate revenues. ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana, Africa's second…
October 25, 2011 MineARC offers new refuge chambers and dramatically extends African and South American coverage MineARC recently released two new refuge models aimed at the coal mining industry in Australia/NZ, the new CoalSAFE refuge chamber and the Change-Over-Station (COS). The MineARC COS is designed to…
October 25, 2011 Capital Drilling wins new exploration drilling contracts in Egypt and Tanzania Capital Drilling Ltd, the emerging and developing markets drilling company, has further contract wins and extensions, for Centamin Egypt, African Barrick and Thani Dubai Mining. These new contracts have increased…
October 24, 2011 Australia approves $1.3B Anvil Mining takeover The Australian government has approved the $1.3B takeover of Anvil Mining (TSE:AVM) by China-based Minmetals Resources Ltd. The deal announced on September 30th required approval from the Australian Foreign Investment…
October 24, 2011 "No coal depletion threats in Botswana" The Plant Manager of Morupule Colliery, Matthews Bagopi, says unlike with other commodities that are expected to run out soon in Botswana, there are no threats of coal depletion because…
October 24, 2011 Great Basin sold 27% less gold in Q3 The miner reported Monday that it sold 27% less gold sequentially in the third quarter from its Hollister and Burnstone properties in Nevada and South Africa respectively. (Reuters) - Great…
October 24, 2011 Concordia Resource to buy Swala Resources in 12,400 square kilometre Africa land grab Concordia Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CCN) ("Concordia") is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated September 6, 2011, it has signed an arrangement agreement (the "Agreement") with Swala…
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
