May 28, 2012 Singapore-based iron ore platform to compete with China’s beginning on Wednesday A second major physical iron ore trading platform, supported by major mining companies and Chinese steelmakers will launch this Wednesday, competing directly with China's new own platform in a race…
May 28, 2012 Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the…
May 27, 2012 Glenstrata takes shape this week The prospectus giving details of the creation of a $90 billion mining and commodities trading behemoth will find its way to the inboxes of shareholders this week.
May 27, 2012 Return to the Rio Tinto If there is one mining project anywhere in the world that could warrant the old Hollywood blockbuster title of Back to the Future it must be EMED Mining’s Rio Tinto…
May 27, 2012 Freaky Friday looms for gold Gold faces a crucial test in the coming holiday-shortened week with crucial US jobs numbers out on Friday and the ongoing Eurozone crisis making or breaking the yellow metal's assault…
May 27, 2012 Beijing iron exchange handled only 8 transactions in its first 3 weeks It has been a slow start for China’s first physical iron ore trading platform which was launched with the idea that it would give China greater influence on the price…
May 27, 2012 Bloomberg: Gold boom spreading mercury as 15 million miners exposed Bloomberg has a devastating in-depth report on the impact of gold mining in a small town in Colombia called Segovia where "almost 100 shops refine the gold that prospectors bring…
May 26, 2012 UK greens warn of a return to era of ‘dirty coal’ Coal-fired power stations trialling 'carbon capture' technology could be exempt from regulations.
May 26, 2012 Military drones for mines and tailings I can hardly wait to get my first project involving the use of a drone to monitor the performance of a mine tailings facility. These days some are so big…
May 26, 2012 Smelly anti-coal-mining protests Protesters of a mining conference in downtown Vancouver were throwing more than just rocks.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
