April 28, 2014 Mick Davis wants BHP’s coal division to be cornerstone of his new mining empire Davis’ X2 Resources has already built a war chest of almost $4 billion and is believed to be asking JPMorgan for US$8bn loan to back up a formal offer to…
April 27, 2014 Philippine’s mineral production up slightly in 2013 Copper concentrate was up 40% and gold was up 18% from 2012.
April 27, 2014 Surge in mining leads to new college mining programs Well-paying mining jobs that have an average salary of more than $85,000.
April 24, 2014 First seabed mine to go ahead as Nautilus solves dispute with PNG Under the agreement, the Papua New Guinea government paid Nautilus $7 million, which entitles it to a 15% stake in the project, with an option to increase it by another…
April 23, 2014 Barrick-Newmont merger could be as good as gold The new gold giant would have a market value of $33 billion, operations on five continents, and a gold output of well over 12 million ounces a year.
April 22, 2014 Teck invests further in Halifax’s Erdene to expand copper exploration in Mongolia Erdene Resource owns the Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project, located in southwest Mongolia, 200 kilometres from the border with China.
April 22, 2014 Australia’s $6.5bn Oakajee project backer holds long record of shady businesses The Oakajee port and rail project has the potential to become one of the major suppliers of Australian iron ore to Asia.
April 21, 2014 Trying to smuggle gold into India, man swallows $23,000 worth in bars Gold smuggling into India has increased dramatically since the nation hiked its import duty on the yellow metal from 4% to 15% last year.
April 18, 2014 Sliding Chinese currency takes blame for gold price weakness Some 1,000 tonnes of gold have been used in highly complex and lucrative deals designed to skirt Chinese capital controls. Deals that are now being unwound.
April 18, 2014 We have to talk about Fanya Metal Exchange The rare earth storm has passed, but a new critical metal conundrum could be ahead for the West.
Tests confirm battery grade cobalt sulphate at NICO project in Northwest Territories The company says its flagship NICO deposit contains 12% of global bismuth reserves as well as 1.1 million in-situ ounces of gold. January 21, 2026 | 02:55 pm
