July 26, 2012 Arrested Australian warns of Indonesian business perils An Australian mining businessman facing the prospect of five years in an Indonesian prison has warned others of the perils of doing business in the South-east Asian giant, saying he…
July 25, 2012 Harmony up 7% as punters bet Wafi-Golpu pre-feasibility will map out a Grasberg rival Release of a pre-feasibility study for Wafi-Golpu in Papua New Guinea is expected any day now and punters hope drilling results that put the deposit into the same league as…
July 25, 2012 Miners buying existing projects rather than starting their own: study Escalating costs and economic instability may be the two main reasons why mining companies worldwide are acquiring existing projects instead of starting their own, shows the latest report from global…
July 25, 2012 G-Resources pours first gold at Indonesia’s Martabe mine The Hong Kong-listed miner said on Wednesday that the start of production at Martabe marked a significant milestone for the company.
July 24, 2012 Intrepid Mines sold off again after failing to find raiders of its Indonesia project Intrepid Mining has now lost 59% of its market value after news broke that a local business groups orchestrated the ouster of ASX and TSX-listed company from an Indonesian copper…
July 24, 2012 Indonesia ‘requests’ 51% of Grasberg, Freeport agrees to 9.3% ‘at the moment’. What happens next? The tide of resource nationalism sweeping the developing world may be catching up with Grasberg and Freeport Indonesia.
July 24, 2012 Intrepid Mining plunges 55% on shadowy Indonesian ouster Australia's Intrepid Mining (ASX:IAU) has seen its share price plunge after being summarily booted from a key copper project in Indonesia by powerful local business interests.
July 23, 2012 Vietnam gold mine destroys environment An inspection team from Lao Cai last Thursday visited the site of operations by the Ecotech gold-mining company in Van Ban District in northern province of Lao Cai after receiving…
July 23, 2012 Mindoro Signs gold assets sale agreement with Red Mountain Mining Mindoro Resources has signed a binding Share Sale Agreement with Red Mountain Mining for the sale of Mindoro's Batangas and Tapian gold and copper-gold assets in the Philippines.
July 21, 2012 India’s Jindal employees in Bolivia arrested and equipment seized for alleged ‘breach of contract’ Two employees of India’s Jindal Steel and Power were arrested on Friday and equipment confiscated in Bolivia, after the company abandoned its $2.1 billion El-Mutun iron ore project five days…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
