December 13, 2012 IMF report vindicates claims of gold market manipulation by central banks: Powell "This is as authoritative (an admission) as we are likely ever going to get that central banks are actively involved, in secret, in the gold market"
December 13, 2012 Coal-hungry Chinese buy out Australian pastoral clans Chinese investment drive leaves pastoral community divided
December 13, 2012 Bumi spurns Rothschild’s proposal in business clash with Bakries Embattled Indonesian miner Bumi has decided to toss its lot in with the prominent Sumatran business dynasty
December 13, 2012 Eldorado Gold announces closing of $600 million senior notes offering Eldorado is a gold producing, exploration and development company actively growing businesses in Turkey, China, Brazil, Greece and Romania.
December 12, 2012 Top fashion bloggers choose top 5 diamond engagement rings In an original approach to social media marketing, De Beers invited five top international bloggers to its stores in London and New York to pick out which it would be…
December 12, 2012 Taseko Mines weathers multiple storms Canadian Taseko Mines (TSE:TKO) is having a rocky end of the year as workers threaten with a strike at the company’s copper-molybdenum Gibraltar mine, in British Columbia, and First Nation…
December 12, 2012 Reduce Wear, Extend Machinery Life with Molylube Open Gear Lubricants and Mill Gear Grease Bel-Ray Adds New Heavier Grade Lubricants for Expanded Temperature Usability; Expands Mill Gear Grease Line for Type 2 Open Gear Systems.
December 12, 2012 Rockwell Diamonds mothballs Tirisano mine Canadian Rockwell Diamonds (TSX:RDI, JSE:RDI) has decided to place its operations at its Tirisano mine in South Africa “on care and maintenance,” following persistent industrial relations issues and ongoing losses…
December 12, 2012 Xstrata puts off $5.9bn mine in Philippines until 2019 Swiss miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) is delaying the commercial production of its $5.9 billion Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines to 2019, Sagittarius Mines Inc, the firm's local unit, said Wednesday.
December 12, 2012 Centerra makes junior’s Christmas, becomes sole owner of gold project in Turkey London-based explorer Stratex (LON:STI) got an early Christmas present this year, as Canadian Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) paid the junior and partner in the Turkey’s Oksut project a noteworthy $40 million…
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