May 4, 2012 Antofagasta shares hit by copper and gold production falls Shares of Chilean miner Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) were down over 4% at 11:20 ET after the company announced yesterday that its first-quarter copper production fell almost 13% amid rising development…
May 4, 2012 Argentina’s Parliament approves YPF takeover bill, irritating mayor foreign investors Argentina's Congress voted 208-32 to move forward with a bill giving President Cristina Kirchner the green light to seize a 51% stake in the country's largest oil and gas producer,…
May 4, 2012 Why every miner wants to be Colombia’s new best friend Once tinted by drug cartels and civil war, Colombia is now one of Latin America’s fastest growing markets and, according to the World Bank, the most secure country in the…
May 4, 2012 Stornoway arranges a $20 million unsecured debt facility for Renard diamond project pre-development work Matt Manson, Stornoway's President and CEO, stated: "This financing announcement is another important milestone in the development of Quebec's first diamond mine. This loan will provide Stornoway with good funding…
May 4, 2012 Brazil’s Government wins latest round in Vale tax match Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) announced the country's Superior Court of Justice ruled in favour of the federal tax authority in its appeal against an injunction granted in March suspending…
May 4, 2012 Gold continues to plunge ahead of key U.S. jobs data With prices having fallen nearly 2% so far this week, traders again took to the sidelines on Friday ahead of key payrolls data out of the U.S. later in the…
May 4, 2012 Torex Announces Measured and Indicated Resource of 4.8 Million Ounces of Gold at Morelos Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Torex") (TSX:TXG) is pleased to announce an updated National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 compliant measured and indicated mineral resource estimate ("M & I") of…
May 4, 2012 Blockade lifted at BHP’s Escondida mine Mine access roads blockaded by contractors at BHP Billiton's Escondida mine have been re-opened.
May 4, 2012 Volta outlines ‘monumental’ gold mining project for 5m ounce deposit Volta puts the details to its five million ounce Kiaka gold project in a prefeasibility study it released on Thursday.
May 4, 2012 Fluor wins copper mill optimization work in British Columbia worth $397 million Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded a contract from Teck (NYSE: TCK) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Highland Valley Copper…
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
