April 24, 2012 The Great Bear Rainforest becomes The Great Trade Barrier Vivian Krause, a Vancouver blogger who has been digging into the finances of green groups, takes a hard look at the finances of Suzuki Foundation and draws linkages to foundations…
April 24, 2012 Vote of no confidence: Rio pulls out of $9 billion coal port expansion "Global economic markets have shifted to a period of significant uncertainty and we continue to see both a sustained upward pressure on costs and long timeframes for regulatory approvals."
April 24, 2012 Quebec’s booming iron mines When planning an expansion at the largest open pit mine in Quebec, thinking big is important.
April 24, 2012 CST Mining sells 70% stake in Peru copper mine for $505 million CST Mining is selling its 70% stake in the Mina Justa copper project in Peru for US$505 million.
April 24, 2012 New IMF figures show at current rate central banks will buy almost 700 tonnes of gold this year 11 countries bought just under 58 tonnes of gold in March. That compares to combined purchases of 439.7 tonnes by the world's central banks last year. That already was an…
April 24, 2012 Company taking another run at Kentucky coal mine Associated Press reports that Western Kentucky Minerals is making a second attempt at getting a 700-acre surface mining operation near Owensboro approved.
April 24, 2012 Newcrest Mining cuts gold production forecast Newcrest Mining, the world's No.3 gold miner, on Tuesday cut its production forecast for this year, saying its major projects had struggled to reach output targets.
April 24, 2012 Gold at week high on housing data, weaker dollar Gold futures advanced Tuesday, erasing some of their recent losses as concerns about the euro zone eased, weak housing data added more pressure to the dollar, and most other commodities…
April 24, 2012 Record revenues for Teck despite lower metals prices Teck Resources fought against lower metals prices to post record revenues for the first quarter.
April 24, 2012 As more cracks in the Eurozone emerge, investors buy more sovereign debt instead of gold It seems that investors have shrugged off the latest developments around the world, in particular the Eurozone and are looking for direction from the US Federal Reserve.
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