April 4, 2012 Sierra Leone diamond firm eyes IPO Could Sierra Leone, the African nation whose decade-long civil war funded by booty from diamond mines bore the term "blood diamonds," be going legit. when it comes to the mining…
April 4, 2012 Valemax No. 8 has not even loaded its first ore and it’s already worth 36% less than it cost According to website VesselsValue.com the latest Valemax is worth 36% less than the $107 million the Brazilian iron ore titan paid for it last year because of a "slump in…
April 4, 2012 Miner union chief: EPA killing us like Navy SEALs kill terrorists Chalk up another fracture in the Big Labor-environmentalist alliance: United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts unloaded on the Environmental Protection Agency in a radio interview Tuesday.
April 4, 2012 Codelco, world’s largest copper producer, chooses Oniqua MRO Analytics Oniqua MRO Analytics www.oniqua.com, the leading provider of analytics-based MRO optimization solutions for asset-intensive organizations, today announced that Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), has chosen Oniqua Analytics Solution…
April 4, 2012 Ellis Martin Report with Sprott Money’s CEO Eric Sprott In this exclusive feature, Ellis Martin interviews Sprott Money CEO Eric Sprott for a wide-based discussion of today and tomorrow's commodity market issues.
April 4, 2012 Shanta Gold seeking $35m for added capex Tanzania-focused Shanta Gold is planning to raise $35 million to be put towards its New Luika Gold Mine.
April 4, 2012 Russia can’t be a potential market for polished diamond export Will the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) succeed in its endeavour of establishing Russia as a potential market for polished diamond export through the Indo-Russian buyers sellers meet…
April 4, 2012 Precious metals investors taking big knocks adjusting to life without QE3 Gold dropped more than $57 or 3.4% an ounce in early afternoon trade while ever volatile silver tanked more than 6%. Platinum crashed through the $1,600 an ounce level and…
April 4, 2012 Indonesia’s proposed export tax has Indian power companies scrambling Indonesia's proposed tax on mining exports is having a ripple effect on Indian power companies that buy fuel for coal-fired power plants.
April 4, 2012 Lack of mining law costs Honduras US$3 billion Over $3 billion and near 15,000 job positions. That is the cost to Honduras, the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, as a result of a lack of rules…
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
