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…

May 4, 2012

Catalytic events moving gold stocks: Jocelyn August

In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Senior Analyst Jocelyn August discusses looming events in a select group of natural resource stocks that are expected to move as information…

May 4, 2012

Alberta suing oilsands companies, claims Syncrude Royalty Project owes it $100 million

The Alberta government is suing a handful of oilsands companies for $100 million for allegedly failing to pay the province its share of revenues from the Syncrude Royalty Project.

May 4, 2012

Gabriel Resources’ losses in 2012 now top $1.7 billion as new Romanian PM orders umpteenth review

Just as it looked as if Europe's biggest mining project may be approaching the finish line after a dozen years of opposition and delays Romania's prime minister designate pulls the…

May 3, 2012

Eldorado Gold reports $67 million profit in Q1

Gold miners were caught in an ugly slide in the S&P/TSX Composite Index today, which shed 215 points in reaction to another poor economic report coming out of the US.

May 3, 2012

Mali gold mine resuming operations after political strife

A few weeks after explorer Pearl Gold officially inaugurated its Kodieran gold mine, in Mali, a delegation comprising the company’s management and supervisory board visited the project to inspect the…

May 3, 2012

First oil sands project in the US takes a step closer

US Oil Sands Inc's Utah project is on-target for completion and start-up in the final quarter of next year after the company raised $9 million on Thursday.

May 3, 2012

3D Laser Mapping announces mining conference

Nottingham, UK, – 3D Laser Mapping has announced a new event to demonstrate their state of the art monitoring solution, SiteMonitor