March 18, 2012 Australia ‘struggling’ to kick coal habit In a world increasingly turning away from fossil fuels, Australia is now less prepared to prosper than it was 25 years ago, a new report says. The left-leaning Climate Institute…
March 18, 2012 Supreme court confirms ruling for Codelco to pay legal costs in Anglo fray Chile's supreme court has confirmed a previous appeals court ruling that ordered state copper producer Codelco to pay the costs of the legal process i...
March 18, 2012 Zimbabwe orders mining firms to bank locally: report Zimbabwe has ordered foreign mining firms to deposit their export earnings with local banks, as the embattled countryâs government tries to address the dollar crunch afflicting its economy.
March 18, 2012 Don’t drop anything down the hole: Q&A with a roughneck A roughneck can net $7,000 a month in northern Alberta, just don't drop anything down the hole.
March 18, 2012 CBEC defends duty on gold jewellery, but traders adamant on strike The (CBEC) has clarified that going by the current value of gold, the effective would amount to just Rs 90/10 gram. Also, small artisans who design and create jewellery for…
March 18, 2012 Brazil’s Vale halts transport on Carajas iron ore railroad due to accident – report Brazilian mining company Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) halted iron ore and passenger transport for an undetermined period on a stretch of its Carajas railroad in north Brazil after an accident…
March 18, 2012 Tin miners have success in the can STAND by for a re-ranking of Australia's tin hopefuls. Peruvian mining giant Minsur recently put together a list of the world's top tin resources, China being No 1 with 60…
March 18, 2012 RUSAL threatens to sue in chairman row RUSAL, the world's No.1 aluminium producer, said comments by former chairman Viktor Vekselberg had damaged its reputation and shareholder value, and threatened unspecified legal action.
March 18, 2012 Zimbabwe orders mining firms to bank locally: paper Mines Minister Obert Mpofu told the Sunday Mail that cabinet last week had decided to tell mining companies to bring back earnings from their Zimbabwe operations which were deposited in…
March 18, 2012 Mining firm, govt in crunch talks over indigenisation New Dawn gold mining company is in negotiations with authorities in an effort to comply with the country's indigenisation laws.
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