March 22, 2013

Harry Winston sells its luxury division to Swatch

The Swatch Group is paying $750 million plus the assumption of up to $250 million of pro forma net debt.

March 22, 2013

Argentine court bans Vale from closing down $11bn potash project

The miner must "abstain from ... dismantling installations (and) removing tools, machinery and other work implements" or face heavy fines otherwise.

March 22, 2013

First Quantum takes over Inmet: a new copper giant is born

The new merged company projects a 1.3 million tonnes of copper output per year by 2018.

March 21, 2013

Multicrete Systems Inc. becomes an Authorized Distributor for the MINEPRO-Langford Grout Mixer/Pump series equipment.

Rounding out its extensive compliment of Grouting Equipment, Multicrete has added one of the top grout mixer/pump equipment lines to its fleet with great reviews!

March 21, 2013

Announcement of intention to a secondary listing on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki

The shares of Endomines are currently traded on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm...

March 21, 2013

FUN BREAK: Spanish photographer ‘set the sky on fire’ beneath mine

Images were taken at the popular mining zone by the Tinto river, in Spain’s Southwest.

March 21, 2013

Being ‘good looking’ will land you a mining job in Indonesia

An Indonesia-based coal miner posted an ad asking for “good looking” single females under 25.

March 21, 2013

‘Cyprus’ is already happening in the US: Rick Rule

For Cypriots who had their money in gold, silver, platinum or palladium, last week's events were irrelevant to their financial position, says Rick Rule.

March 21, 2013

Australia sees iron ore prices only getting worse

The country's commodities forecasting agency expects average price to fall to $90 a tonne over the next five years.

March 20, 2013

$900 million lawsuit filed against Rio Tinto’s IOC

Quebec First Nations groups file $900 million lawsuit against the Iron Ore Company of Canada.