August 12, 2012 Coal India board may approve changes in model FSA Coal India board is likely to approve on Monday the model fuel supply agreement (FSA) to be signed with power firms, with significant changes in the penalty clause for failing…
August 12, 2012 Xstrata points to thermal coal recovery Coal chief executive Peter Freyberg has called the bottom of the thermal coal market, telling investors last week ''we are seeing recovery in the markets''.
August 12, 2012 Mining hits farm sector in India’s Sandur: Study Rampant illegal mining conducted in Sandur taluk of Bellary district has caused an enormous damage to the environment, health of human beings and animals over the last decade, a recent…
August 12, 2012 Mining returns to historic Comstock Mining has returned to Nevada's historic Comstock more than 150 years after the discovery of one of the world's richest silver veins touched off a frenzy that drew thousands of…
August 12, 2012 China’s main gold miner posts gloomy results Zijin Mining Group Co, China's largest gold producer by output, said Saturday that its net profits slumped 19.95 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2012 as the world's economic…
August 12, 2012 South Africa’s third wealthiest man owes the taxman $250 million South Africa’s third wealthiest man and mining entrepreneur, billionaire Christoffel Wiese, it is said to owe the country’s revenue agency (Sars) an estimated $250 million (R$2 billion) in unpaid taxes.
August 12, 2012 From asbestos to ‘Plan Nord’: Canada’s Quebec sparks controversy over mining plans Weeks after Quebec’s ruling Liberal party re-launched the province's asbestos industry with a $58-million loan to the Jeffrey mine, opposition leaders are calling the federal government to end what they…
August 12, 2012 Israel’s diamond trade suffers double digit declines in July Israel's net polished diamond exports were revived in July when compared to June, up 154.9% to $237.3 million. The increase hides however, a bitter truth – the country's exports are…
August 12, 2012 Open-cut gold mine triggers worries for Australia’s Wombat forest Environmentalists and the local community of central Victoria, Australia, are angry at the Department of Primary Industries for allowing Queensland-based company Fortitude Mining to go ahead with its gold exploration…
August 11, 2012 Which way will the pendulum swing for gold? One of the most fascinating aspects when watching a sporting event like the Olympics is the historical statistics highlighting the tremendous advances in athleticism over the years. In the spirit…
Another arrest made in ‘largest gold heist in Canadian history’ In April 2023 about 880 pounds of gold was offloaded from a flight at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport after arriving from Zurich, along with C$2.5 million in cash. January 12, 2026 | 04:55 pm
