September 12, 2012 Indian state of Goa shuts down iron mines The 93 mines in India's richest state of Goa, 90 of which are iron ore producers, have been force to halt operations after a government-backed inquiry said they were illegal…
September 12, 2012 Hach Launches RTC101 P-Module for Phosphorus Control Hach Company (www.hach.com) is taking the guesswork out of the chemical phosphorus removal process. Its new RTC101 Phosphorus Control System provides real-time control of chemical dosing that helps maintain consistent…
September 12, 2012 Ethics watchdog hounds Canada’s chief of staff Canadian Barrick Gold continues to be at the centre of a local political controversy as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, Nigel Wright, is now the subject of a…
September 12, 2012 FUN BREAK: See the weather forecast on your morning toast If you are one of those people so worried about coal and iron ore prices hitting historical lows and other issues affecting the mining industry that you forget to check…
September 12, 2012 AngloGold Ashanti sees Colombia as the hottest new bullion district AngloGold Ashanti’s CEO, Mark Cutifani, said gold projects in Colombia are one of the company’s key current priorities and that it has used its first-mover advantage in the country to…
September 12, 2012 Botswana Diamonds finds more gems in Cameroon London-listed Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD) said Wednesday it recovered two new diamonds from the on-going sampling programme on the Libongo palaeoplacer project in Cameroon.
September 12, 2012 The truth about rare earth, the technology metals Just as the Bronze Age catapulted human civilization to new levels, critical metals are changing the way we live today. Rare earth elements, the group of resources used in the…
September 12, 2012 BHP scraps plans to dominate Olympic Dam area BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) has scrapped plans to purchase exploratory land in the area adjacent to the Olympic Dam project.
September 12, 2012 Chinese miners rise on Ben and Wen’s stimulus signaling Chinese mining stocks are amongst the big winners in the wake of signalling by both Wen Jiabao and Ben Bernanke that central banks on either side of the Pacific are…
September 12, 2012 Australian mining entrepreneur convicted and jailed by Indonesian court Australian businessman Dennis Connell has been convicted by an Indonesian court of embezzlement in relation to a botched business deal.
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