July 9, 2012 The Philippines hike mining royalties and expand bans After months of intense debate among mining companies, environmentalists, local groups and church leaders, the government of the Philippines has decided to increase royalties from mining companies.
July 8, 2012 Papua New Guinea scares off another miner As Papua New Guinea's sometimes shambolic elections drag on into a third week, already nervous miners with projects in the country would not have been encouraged by news of another…
July 7, 2012 Three mining firm staff abducted in Philippines set free Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in northeastern Mindanao have released three personnel of a mining firm abducted from a site in Agusan del Sur. Earlier reports said the…
July 6, 2012 Another clue China’s economy is going soft: Vancouver home sales hit a 10-year low The National Post reports that June home sales hit a 10-year low.
July 6, 2012 Kyrgyz Prime Minister visits Centerra’s Kumtor mine amid contract evaluation On Friday Centerra Gold hosted a visit by the Kyrgyz Prime Minister Babanov to the Kumtor mine. The visit came a week after Kyrgyzstan authorities said they wanted to renegotiate…
July 6, 2012 Aldridge Minerals to exit Papua New Guinea The company announced today that it plans to exit Papua New Guinea following receipt of a formal notice that the licence renewal for its non-core Kili Teke property was denied.
July 6, 2012 Uranerz Energy and Uranium Resources look to benefit from the restart of Japanese reactors Uranium stocks have been on the upswing recently as Japan restarted their first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster. Five Star Equities examines the outlook for companies in the Uranium…
July 5, 2012 Miners leap on China’s surprise interest rate cut Vedanta, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Kazakhmys all enter top ten risers after People's Bank of China tries to encourage spending.
July 5, 2012 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.
July 5, 2012 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.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
