April 23, 2012 China’s moves to stop REE price declines ‘likely to fail’ Rare earth metals consultants TRU Group said on Monday that recent attempts by Chinese suppliers to stem sharp declines in prices since the third quarter of 2011 is "likely to…
April 23, 2012 Anglo Asian finds gold at Azeri Ordubad mine Anglo Asian Mining said it had discovered gold at Ordubad mine, boosting its prospects for gold production in Azerbaijan, where it plans to increase production to over 300,000 ounces of…
April 23, 2012 Investors, directors flee Baja after Boleo costs rocket. Stock tanks 37% Baja Mining dropped 37% on Monday on more than 15 times usual trading volumes, after announcing its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico will now cost 21.5% more and that half…
April 23, 2012 Hiring heavy hitter, takeover speculation fail to boost Guyana Goldfields Nothing the company has done so far to assuage investors about its Aurora gold project has been successful and after dropping 5.5% on Monday it is now down over 60%…
April 23, 2012 Got uranium? Looming supply crunch & junior activity heat up Athabasca Lately, we’ve had the pleasure of witnessing a slow but steady revival of the uranium scene in the renowned Athabasca Basin. This revival followed Rio Tinto’s takeover of Hathor Exploration…
April 23, 2012 $30 billion Olympic Dam now even bigger World number one miner BHP Billiton on Monday bought five additional exploration plots near its giant Olympic Dam mine and expansion project, destined to become the world's largest open pit.
April 23, 2012 Metso to sign contract of vertical grinding technology to MMX mining company in Brazil Metso has signed a contract with MMX mining company in Brazil containing vertical grinding technology. Metso's 14 vertical grinding mills will be assembled to the expansion of the Serra Azul…
April 23, 2012 Rick Rule: Why I’m excited about this gold market After a reasonably long period of sustained and occasionally dramatic escalations, commodity markets in general, and precious metals markets in particular, have declined. This is normal and healthy behavior, even…
April 23, 2012 Patriot Coal shutters another mine Patriot Coal has closed another mine, bringing to four the number of its coal operations shut this year due to continuing weakness in market demand. The St. Louis-based company is…
April 23, 2012 Prosperity Goldfields Corp. and Smash Minerals announce completion of amalgamation Prosperity Goldfields Corp. ("Prosperity") (TSX VENTURE:PPG) andSmash Minerals Corp. ("Smash") (TSX VENTURE:SSH) provide an update on their amalgamation and the core drilling program at Prosperity's Kiyuk Lake gold property, Nunavut.
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
