June 5, 2013

Met-Solve Analytical Services Opens New Geochemistry Laboratory in Canada

In Langley, British Columbia.

June 5, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Market intelligence for June 2013

Top 10 silver producing countries in 2012.

June 5, 2013

ENRC board gets investors backing, shares buybacks blocked

Directors want to to take ENRC private.

June 5, 2013

Glencore Xstrata shelves $139 million copper mine expansion project

Company confirmed Wednesday it had dismissed contractor Macmahon Holdings, which was hired for the project.

June 5, 2013

Marine experts demand Australia stop reef mine, ports plans

More than 150 scientists from 33 institutions signed a letter warning the Australian government of the mounting threats to the Great Barrier Reef from new coal ports and other industrial…

June 5, 2013

Kenya to revoke controversial mining tax

New president and his administration are planning to revoke rules passed in 2012, which impose 35% local equity shareholding in the country’s mining licences.

June 4, 2013

Falling commodity prices hit Aussie miners the hardest: profits fall 49%

The world's 40 largest miners announced a massive $45 billion in writedowns last year.

June 4, 2013

Centerra Gold holds key talks with Kyrgyzstan over Kumtor ownership

Parties are currently considering a potential restructuring deal to form a joint venture that would own Centerra's flagship Kumtor project.

June 4, 2013

Weapons-smuggling ship found in the US may be filled with gold

It was used to smuggle guns to revolutionaries in Haiti, carried money and gold and it was at the centre of a mutiny.

June 4, 2013

Ghana to end copper exports

Government wants to crackdown on cable and fibre theft affecting telecom operators.