May 16, 2012

African Barrick Gold to pay more royalties to Tanzania

African Barrick Gold (LON:ABG) has decided to pay the Tanzanian government an extra 1% in royalties, in light of the current gold price environment.

May 16, 2012

Feminist group crashes mining meeting in Australia

A group of bearded women belonging to the feminist group La Barbe, crashed last night's Melbourne Mining Club meeting to congratulate the mining industry for its exclusion of women and…

May 16, 2012

Mining Association of BC chooses announces Teck’s executive as 2012 mining person of the year

The Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC), as part of its annual BC Mining Week celebrations, announced today that the 2012 recipient of the MABC Mining Person of the Year…

May 16, 2012

Vale not retaliating against mega ship ban

The world's top iron ore exporter, Brazil's Vale, is not excluding Chinese shipowners from transporting its iron ore and remains open to selling its huge dry bulk carriers to them,…

May 16, 2012

Hitachi introduces new solution for heavy equipment paint waste

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) has implemented what it believes to be a unique process to reduce chemical waste from the painting process at its factory in Amsterdam.

May 16, 2012

How to lose $1 billion in a day. Ask Eike

Brazil's Eike Fuhrken Batista is the world of mining's richest man and he's been on a roll this year – until Tuesday when $1,023,200,000 disappeared from his personal fortune.

May 15, 2012

First Majestic slashed 10% in grim day for silver sector

First Majestic Silver Corp shed most on the day and industry bellwethers Silver Wheaton and Pan American Silver both hit 52-week lows.

May 15, 2012

Orbite appoints Michael Hanley and Jean-Sébastien David to its Board of Directors

Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT) (the "Company") is pleased to announce two new appointments to its Board of Directors, adding Michael Hanley and Jean-Sébastien David as independent Board members.

May 15, 2012

Information session in the Kootenays

Vancouver, B.C. - Women in Mining Vancouver Branch, with the support of Women in Engineering and Geoscience (DAWEG) and Teck Coal Limited, hosted a networking and information session in Sparwood,…

May 15, 2012

Copper price: Codelco says strong stomachs will be needed this year

Can it really be worse than last year, when the copper price dropped 26% in a single month?