April 30, 2012 Energy Transfer paying US$5.3 billion for Sunocor Energy Transfer (NYSE: ETP), a natural gas transportation company based in Texas, and Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) agreed on a US$5.3 billion merger in a cash and stock transaction valued…
April 30, 2012 Chinese firm has plans to revive Uganda’s Kilembe copper/cobalt mine Gingko Energy Company plans to spend $100 million over five years to revive production at the Kilembe copper/cobalt mine, which was abandoned in the early 1980s due to political turmoil.
April 30, 2012 Mongolia’s mine law change unlikely to be retroactive – minister Vice finance minister, Chuluun Ganhuyag, says the proposed new law will only apply to investment in certain deposits, but the list will go beyond the country's current list of strategic…
April 30, 2012 Worldwide steel consumption growth to drop this year The World Steel Association is cutting its forecasts for global use of the commodity by 1.8% this year, as China - the world’s biggest consumer of steel- has slowed down…
April 30, 2012 Gold holds above $1,660/oz on monetary easing talks Gold stayed above $1660 an ounces Monday as prices received support from speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve could launch a new round of monetary easing.
April 30, 2012 Gold and commodities largely flat in Monday morning trade Physical bullion demand giving "no support", S&P downgrades Spanish banks, French and German politicians "moving to the right", COMEX net longs in gold fell 5%
April 30, 2012 Giant mining machines to descend on Edmonton, Canada, for awareness show Giant mining machines towering over Churchill Square this week won’t be extracting riches from downtown Edmonton, but are part of an exercise to build awareness of mining’s impact on everyday…
April 30, 2012 Rio Tinto should fill its 6,000 vacancies with Australians: Government Australia's Federal Skills Minister, Chris Evans, said Rio Tinto (LON and NYSE: RIO) should focus on local workers when filling its 6,000 mining jobs, in what is considered the largest…
April 30, 2012 Namakwa Diamonds updates on Batla appeal LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Namakwa Diamonds Ltd: * Update on batla's appeal against defeat by Namakwa * Lesotho court of appeal granted leave to batla minerals to file its…
April 30, 2012 Veteran broker accuses BHP Billiton of destroying own wealth with bad decisions From aborted takeover attempts for Rio Tinto and Potash Corp and what is seen as a disastrous successful one for Petrohawk, BHP Billiton is accused of making many bad decisions…
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
