April 12, 2012 DF Ecology fights dust at Teck’s Carmen de Andacollo copper mine DF Ecology, the Italian producer of environmentally focussed equipment, recently responded to an appeal by Chilean Carmen de Andacollo for an individually designed Dustfighter.
April 11, 2012 Iron ore price hits 6-month high The price is up more than 27% from lows struck in October last year when the steelmaking ingredient experienced a mini crash.
April 11, 2012 Vale vs IMF: Who are you going to believe? Using the dismal science to make forecasts and taking risks with real money are two very different things. And the Brazilian giant is definitely putting its money where its mouth…
April 11, 2012 Shell to conserve 1800 acres of forest in northern Alberta Shell Canada today announced it purchased a 1,820 acre (740 ha) tract of land in northern Alberta to conserve boreal forest habitat near its oil sands operations.
April 11, 2012 Australia : Coal and amp;Allied takes on its largest intake of apprentices Sixteen new apprentices have joined Coal & Allied's workforce in the company's largest intake to date. The electrical fitting and plant mechanic apprentices were selected from a group of applicants…
April 11, 2012 Gold can now protect us from both economic and environmental collapse While gold's primary use these days is a hedge against Europe going belly up or paper currency becoming debased, researchers at MIT found that a little gold added to copper…
April 11, 2012 Look ma, no rare earths Hitachi has built an 11-kilowatt motor that uses no rare earth materials. The motor took four years to develop, and commercial production is expected in two years.
April 11, 2012 Sandfire touts strong gold-copper mine growth Australian mining company Sandfire Resources has released its first quarter results, showing a significant growth at its gold and copper mine in the Murchison.
April 11, 2012 1/2-million ounce gold reserve confirmed at Tembang, Sumatra Sumatra Copper & Gold has released a new reserve estimate for its Tembang gold-silver project in southern Sumatra, Indonesia.
April 11, 2012 IAMGOLD Files Mineral Resource Report for Westwood Project: Confirms Resources and Start-up in Early 2013 Cash costs for Westwood are now forecast to average $533 per ounce over the life of the operation, higher than previously forecast.
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