January 28, 2013 Blockbuster gold deal in the making: Polyus shoots the lights out with 22% jump in sales Rumours are rife that the miner is close to a merger with fellow Russian gold giant Polymetal to create a top 5 global gold company.
January 28, 2013 Amplats in talks about decision on firing 14,000 workers and selling off mines The world’s top platinum company is reportedly engaged in negotiations with union leaders and the government and it is expected to release a formal announcement on whether talks had succeeded…
January 28, 2013 What the shale boom looks like from space and why we should care In night-time satellite images captured by NASA flares from oilfields shine as bright or more than major cities, such as Chicago.
January 28, 2013 One third of junior miners to disappear in 2013: Brent Cook The senior geologist and analyst says those companies simply don’t have viable properties.
January 28, 2013 Exotic travel and lots of money: commodity trader for a major miner lists business perks A social media user who claims being a commodities trader at giant Glencore (LON:GLEN) opened up a forum on Reddit on Sunday in which he answered lots of questions about…
January 26, 2013 Machine part discovered in 300 million-year old lump of coal A metal implement which appears to be the toothed rail of a gear shift has been found in a lump of coal around 300 million years in age
January 25, 2013 Report: Polyus and Polymetal to merge creating world’s No. 3 gold miner by reserves London-listed Russian giants came close to a tie up last year.
January 25, 2013 No Dutch disease in Greenland Greenlanders may reap the possible benefits of an international push to exploit its abundant natural resources.
January 25, 2013 Centerra Gold responds to rumours of Kumtor’s mine licence cancellation Local media reported that Kyrgyzstan minister of economy, Temir Sariyev, implied that Centerra would have its permit revoked and a new company would continue to extract gold from Kumtor.
January 25, 2013 German cheer drops euro gold price to 8-month low Central banks' 'free lunch' may be coming to an end sooner than thought.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am