June 16, 2012 Home-made rockets and balaclavas: 8,000 striking Spanish coal miners attack police as country’s debt crisis continues Spanish coal miners armed with homemade rockets and slingshots have clashed with police over the country's austerity measures.
June 15, 2012 Kumtor’s freezing Kyrgyzstan’s ceasing Kyrgyzstan's economy will grow by barely a quarter of the 7.5 percent originally forecast because of the collapse in output from the nation's flagship venture with Canada's Centerra Gold.
June 15, 2012 End of an epoch as Hong Kong exchange takes over 135-year old LME The three losing bids were all from the US and the deal marks a decisive shift in the commodities trading business away from Chicago and London to Asia.
June 15, 2012 The three highest paid executives in BC all worked at Ivanhoe Mines John Macken, who recently gave up being president of Ivanhoe Mines, was BC’s top paid executive and brought home a total $23.358 million […]
June 15, 2012 Prepare for a white knuckle ride with volatility being the ‘norm’ In the early days of this bull market in precious metals we all did well as most mining stocks sprang to life and made considerable gains.
June 14, 2012 Churchill Mining’s $2-billion lawsuit will not be heard by Indonesia’s supreme court Indonesia will not be righting the perception that it's a place safe for miners after the country's supreme court said it will not hear Churchill Mining's (LON:CHL) appeal in its…
June 14, 2012 Bloodletting at Gabriel Resources over latest Romania setback Shares in Gabriel Resources were hammered again over the latest Rosia Montana shambles, dropping 6.9% on Thursday. Its losses for the week now top 15% and it also received the…
June 14, 2012 ABB and Atlas Copco collaborate on mobile integration system for underground mines ABB's Minerals/Underground Mining business unit and Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation have developed an innovative mobile integration system between ABB's process control System 800xA and Atlas Copco mining machines. The…
June 14, 2012 GFS launches natural gas powered solution for Caterpillar 793 trucks Natural gas powered high horsepower engine specialist GFS Corp has brought its first major commerical offering to the open-pit mining sector.
June 14, 2012 QME 2012 coincides with Queensland’s miners gearing up for even more growth This year’s Queensland Mining & Engineering Exhibition (QME), to be held in Mackay from July 24-26, comes as the Central Queensland coal industry gears up for even more growth in…
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm