September 29, 2012 Ancient Buddhist statue found in Tibet carved from meteorite A Buddha statue looted by Nazis in Tibet in the 1930s was carved from the Chinga meteorite, which crashed to the Earth 15,000 years ago, revealed Elmar Buchner of the…
September 29, 2012 Toyota tries on the mining helmet: buys lithium deposit in Argentina Toyota, one of the leading automakers in the world, bought this week a 25% stake in Salar de Olaroz lithium and potassium project in Argentina to ensure supply for it…
September 28, 2012 Newmont plans job cuts in Indonesia as production lags Newmont cut its 2012 production target forecast for its Batu Hijau Indonesian mine from 114,000 ounces of gold and 192 million pounds of copper to 71,000 ounces of gold and…
September 28, 2012 Harmony says Wafi-Golpu could support $9.8 billion mine Harmony Gold says the Wafi-Golpu deposit in PNG could support a $9.8 billion mine with peak annual production of 560,000 gold ounces and 335,000 tonnes of copper.
September 28, 2012 Inner Mongolia Rare-Earth to participate in asset reorganization between Ganzhou Chenguang, Sunyoung Inner Mongolia Rare-Earth announced on September 27 that the company will participate in the material assets reorganization between Ganzhou Chenguang Rare Earths New Material Shares CO., Ltd. and Sunyoung Properties…
September 28, 2012 Grasberg ethics slap, royalty hike, state control tussle can’t stop Freeport’s upward march The counter is up 25% since July 25 when news first emerged that Indonesia has "requested" 51% of Grasberg, the world's largest gold and number three copper mine.
September 28, 2012 Rio Tinto-OMC $2 billion join venture to be shelved A 17-year-old agreement to develop about $2 billion worth in iron ore deposits between, mining giant Rio Tinto and state-own Odisha Mining Corporation , is about to be nothing but…
September 28, 2012 India initiates 4 of 19 new nuclear projects State-run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. plans to raise almost $4 billion to set them up.
September 28, 2012 Crazy Horse Resources Inc.: completion of pre-feasibility study on Taysan copper-gold project The pre-feasibility study was completed on the company's Taysan copper-gold project located on Luzon Island, Philippines.
September 27, 2012 $15,000 an ounce for gold would not be absurd: Eveillard Storied investment guru Jean-Marie Eveillard says frenzied money printing by central banks and Neo-Keynesian stimulus programs adopted by governments around the world could jointly push the price of gold to…
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am