April 2, 2012 Fortescue chief sees iron ore price down 25% from current levels. Says it’s a ‘good thing’ Fortescue chief executive Neville Power also told The Australian newspaper that Chinese steel production growth will be lower over the next five years at about 4% – 5%, from 7%…
April 2, 2012 Rare 12-carat round pink diamond could fetch $10 million at auction It is one of only two known round pink diamonds of significant size in the world, the auction house said.
April 2, 2012 Canada’s oil sands to more than double its workforce over the next decade: Report The Canadian oil sands will need to more than double its workforce over the next decade, as expansion projects create new positions and existing workers retire, says the Petroleum Human…
April 2, 2012 Prophecy up 4.8% after Southgobi deal puts Mongolian coal back in focus Prophecy has more than 1.4 billion tonnes of surface minable coal resources at its flagship Chandgana project and is already producing at Ulaan Ovoo in Mongolia.
April 2, 2012 ‘Sense of duty’ prevented another Fukushima nuclear disaster The Mainichi Daily News profiles Yanosuke Hirai, a technocrat in Japan, whose doggedness and sense of personal duty, compelled him to build a breakwater high enough to deflect the March…
April 2, 2012 Gold One buys First Uranium’s Elzuwini Mining Company for US$70M First Uranium (TSX:FIU) announced Monday it has sold its South African-based Elzuwini Mining Co. to Gold One International for US$70 million, transaction that should be completed by June 29.
April 2, 2012 Australia to lure more U.S. construction workers to mining projects by reforming licensing rules Australia is hoping to lure more American plumbers, electricians and construction workers to be employed on Outback projects in the burgeoning mining and gas industries by changing how their skills…
April 2, 2012 Abacus Mining looking for buyer, partner for B.C. copper-gold project Canadian Abacus Mining and Exploration Corp. (TSXV:AME) is looking for potential buyers, partners or other alternatives under a strategic review initiated Monday, shortly after its partner moved to increase its…
April 2, 2012 Coal prices may be headed higher after BHP Billiton declares force majeure BHP Billiton declared force majeure at its Bowen Basin coal mines in Queensland, Australia.
April 2, 2012 Norwegian chemical company makes $40 million investment in IC Potash IC Poatash popped 17% to $1.04 share on Monday after Yara International announced a $40 million "strategic investment" in the company on Friday.
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
