June 22, 2012

Peru tries solving Xstrata’s conflict to stop mining investments from falling

Peruvian authorities met Thursday with representatives of the town of Espinar in southern Peru, to resolve a conflict between the community and Xstrata’s Tintaya copper mine, which they accuse of…

June 22, 2012

Colombia goes ‘all in’ setting aside 17.6 million hectares for mining

The lands will be open for mining licenses, but a majority of them are in protected zones, so officials would have to carefully pick specific regions to auction.

June 21, 2012

Billions wiped off metal stocks after China, EU and US deliver economic shocks

The mining sector's bellwether companies were all beaten down on Thursday as the price of metals and minerals continued to slide and economic indicators from across the globe painted a…

June 21, 2012

The secular commodity supercycle explained in just one chart

Commodity bulls point to the massive build out in the developing countries to buttress their argument that the long-term outlook for metals is bullish—and the party has only just begun

June 21, 2012

Orbite announces 93% oxide extraction and separation rates for certain rare earths and rare metals confirming the significance of its alumina production project

Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT) (the "Company") is proud to announce that an independent analysis of samples of individual rare earth oxides (REO) and rare metal oxides (RMO) has confirmed a…

June 21, 2012

Brazil ranked greenest energy producer in Latin America

Clean, renewable energy and how it can be tapped and produced in Latin America and the Caribbean has been a focus of the Rio+ 20 Earth Summit, taking place this…

June 21, 2012

Alrosa’s board talks about the future

The company's supervisory board, which met in the wake of Russia's announcement to sell its in 51% stake in Alrosa, outlined intentions to reduce open-pit mining, increase diamond reserves to…

June 21, 2012

UK Coal misses restructure deadline

UK Coal, which runs three of Britain's last five pits, is to miss a self-imposed deadline to restructure the debt-laden business as it attempts to pass some of its pension…

June 21, 2012

United Tractors expects 2012 sales to rise around 12% to 9,500 units‎

Heavy equipment manufacturer and distributor PT United Tractor (UNTR.JK) expects heavy equipment sales to rise to 9,500 units this year from the 8,467 units it sold in 2011, due to…

June 21, 2012

Highbank sponsors aboriginal training partnership with High Velocity Equipment training and Northern Lights College

Highbank Resources Ltd. (frankfurt:V7O) has agreed to sponsor the Northern Aboriginal Machinery School ("NAMS"), a heavy duty machinery training school for First Nations students throughout Canada to prepare them for…