May 22, 2012 Green Technology Solutions opens joint venture talks with Alaskan mining company Diamond's extensive mining experience of Diamond V Associates, could make the company a strong ally in GTSO's mission to bring new sources of tungsten online.
May 22, 2012 DiamondCorp agrees on a $33.6 million loan deal with South Africa’s IDC African DiamondCorp (LON:DCP) said its 74% owned Lace Diamond Mines, the company's primary asset in South Africa, has entered into a loan funding term sheet with the Industrial Development Corporation…
May 22, 2012 Sierra Leone ‘blood diamonds’ not forever The west African state of Sierra Leone has taken another symbolic step away from its wartime image as the home of the "blood diamond". An Israeli-owned company has started operating…
May 22, 2012 Global aluminum market to reach $112.3 billion this year: report The value of the global aluminum market will reach $112.3 billion this year according to a new study published by Netherlands-based research company ADSReports.
May 22, 2012 Xstrata relies on China to lift copper demand Copper demand in China, the world's main consumer of the red metal, is expected to rebound in the second half of 2012, despite the uncertain outlook for Europe, the head…
May 22, 2012 BHP Billiton to restart manganese operations in Tasmania by the end of August BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) surprised the market this morning with good news by announcing it will restart its TEMCO manganese operations in Tasmania by the end of August.
May 22, 2012 Rio Tinto donates $12 million biggest pink diamond to a museum London-based diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON & NYSE:RIO) is donating the biggest pink rough diamond ever discovered, found earlier this year at its Argyle mine, to an Australian museum in…
May 22, 2012 Rio Tinto sells aluminum business for $185 million In what it seems a move towards exiting the aluminum wire business, diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON & NYSE:RIO) announced it is selling its U.S.-based wire and cable business Alcan…
May 22, 2012 Pebble: The real issue is do we need yet another gold mine? The highly politicised nature of the Pebble Mine and mining development in general in the area makes any statement dangerous.
May 21, 2012 Copper off to the races after Wen comments Copper saw a strong start to the trading week adding 1.8% following pro-growth comments by the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao over the weekend.
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
