April 10, 2012

Chile’s copper exports dropped 6.5% in first quarter

Chile’s copper exports fell 6.5% to US$10.5 billion in the first three months of 2012 from $11.2 billion in the same period last year, according to figures compiled by the…

April 10, 2012

Vedanta Group says mining ban in India hits iron ore output

London-listed diversified miner Vedanta Resources (LON:VED) announced today a significant drop in its full-year iron ore output, attributed to both a mining ban in India’s southern state of Karnataka and…

April 10, 2012

News release – English – PETAQUILLA MINERALS LTD.

Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. received a mining permit for LOMERO-POYATOS, Spain.

April 10, 2012

News release – English – RIO VERDE MINERALS DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. received a mining permit for Fosfatar Phosphate Project, Brazil.

April 10, 2012

Positive DFS Results and Namibian Milestone Agreement – BANNERMAN RESOURCES LIMITED

Bannerman Resources Ltd. announced the Feasibility Study results for Etango/Anomaly A, Namibia.

April 10, 2012

News release – English – AUGUSTA RESOURCE CORP.

Augusta Resource Corp. received a mining permit for ROSEMONT RANCH, USA.

April 10, 2012

Three hit singles, a Grammy nomination and a diamond mine

Alianue Thiam, a rising R&B singer in the U.S.A., is just another celebrity with a side business, although this side business happens […]

April 10, 2012

No bubble here: Rogers says Chinese property market is cooled down

Legendary commodity-investor and Singapore resident, Jim Rogers, told China Daily News that the property market has been slowed down and there is no crisis.

April 10, 2012

Rare earths shortage would spur Pentagon action, official says

The Defense Department would intervene in case of a shortage of rare earth materials for defense electronics and motors, Brett Lambert, the Pentagon official responsible for industrial policy, said.

April 10, 2012

Using time lapse video to show 15,272 temperature records falling across the USA

March 2012 broke all the hot weather records in the USA. It was the warmest month in the eastern two-thirds of the USA since records, going back to 1895, were…