April 17, 2012 Zimbabwe tries to woo back explorers Zimbabwe, whose government in January hiked exploration fees by up to 8,000% in a bid to curb speculative holding of mining titles, is ordering over 100 exploration companies to resubmit…
April 16, 2012 Nexen wins regulatory approval for major expansion Oil sands producer, Nexen Inc. (TSX, NYSE: NXY), said it received regulatory approval to proceed with development of pads 14 and 15 at Long Lake and the Kinosis 1A area.
April 16, 2012 Yukon watershed the size of New Brunswick becomes a flashpoint between environmentalists and miners The Toronto Star profiles Peel River in the Yukon, a growing sources of contention between miners and environrmentalists
April 16, 2012 Ontario’s manufacturing sector laid low by the oil sands: Mulcair Canada's Leader of the Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, said the oil sands are devastating manufacturing jobs in Ontario.
April 16, 2012 The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights: Meet mining’s 40 richest billionaires MINING.com counts more than 90 billionaires involved in minerals, metals and mining on the planet with a combined wealth of well over $300 billion.
April 15, 2012 Canada’s Harper tells Americas summit mining has ‘vast power to change the way a nation lives’ Mining contributed $50 billion to the country’s GDP in 2011, he said, and provides “well paying” jobs for more than 300,000 Canadians.
April 15, 2012 With 4 mega-projects sucking up $120 billion, BHP vows to ‘live within its means’ BHP's four largest projects – Olympic Dam, the Outer Harbour iron ore infrastructure project in Australia, expansion of its US shale gas operations and Jansen potash in Saskatchewan, Canada –…
April 14, 2012 Goldcorp planning to step up information flow in view of public concerns over open pit Hollinger pit project moving forward yet many Timmins people seem unaware.
April 13, 2012 Processing plant to cost $302 million- 1/3 of Avalon’s rare earth project capex Avalon Rare Metals, whose Nechalacho rare earth prospect in Canada's Northwest Territories is in the midst of a feasibility study, today announced the results of a separate prefeasibility study for…
April 13, 2012 Chinese steel company to pump $194 million into Alderon’s Kami iron ore project Alderon Iron Ore Corp saw a 2% bump in its stock price Friday on news that the Canadian iron ore junior has inked a CAD$194 agreement with China's largest steel…
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
