September 22, 2012 Mafia turns gold into Italy’s fastest growing export Custom seizures of gold are up 50% with one of the latest cases a father and daughter arrested trying to squirrel out 50kg of the metal in unmarked ingots.
September 21, 2012 Vancouver’s BioteQ announces joint venture partnership with China’s largest copper mining company Vancouver-based BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc., a leader in innovative technologies for industrial wastewater treatment, recently announced a joint venture partnership with China’s largest copper mining company, Jiangxi Copper Company.
September 21, 2012 Metso and Boliden sign an extension of the services contract for Boliden’s Aitik mine in Sweden Metso continues to strengthen its own services organization in the region
September 21, 2012 Sandvik Mining celebrates five years LTI-free in De Beers’ Snap Lake diamond mine At a ceremony held at De Beers Canada’s Snap Lake Mine on September 11th, 2012, Sandvik Mining celebrated the achievement of five years without any Lost Time Injuries (LTI’s), a…
September 21, 2012 Researchers to use plants in platinum mining Researchers in the University of York' s Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence and the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) are giving a whole new meaning to the concept of…
September 21, 2012 Codelco turns to BMT for innovative solution BMT WBM, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced that it has secured a major contract with Codelco, the Chilean state owned copper mining company to deliver its unique…
September 21, 2012 Xstrata gets an extra week to decide on Glencore merger Diversified miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) and commodities trader Glencore International (LON:GLEN) have now until October 1 to decided on the $36 billion lauded merger.
September 21, 2012 DiamondCorp shares soar on Lace project financing news Shares in diamond exploration and development company DiamondCorp PLC (LON:DCP) went up over 24% in early trade Friday after the group struck a financing deal that will meet more than…
September 21, 2012 Large Brazilian mining deal almost lost in translation It’s an underwriter’s worst nightmare: you launch a bought deal, making you liable for any unsold shares, and then some shocking news about the company comes out. That exact scenario…
September 21, 2012 Oyu Tolgoi ready to lift the curtain, but someone has to turn on the lights Rio Tinto’s flagship $5.2 billion copper-gold Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia near the Chinese border – one of the biggest mining projects in the world – is practically ready to…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
