March 13, 2012 South African gold production continues to plunge Once the world's biggest gold producer by a huge margin, South Africa's gold production is continuing to dive with an 11.3% fall year on year in January, following an 8.2%…
March 13, 2012 European giant Glencore eyeing Canada’s Viterra Glencore (GLEN.L) is one of a handful of parties eyeing a potential bid for Viterra (VT.TO), Canada's largest grain handler, as the diversified trading house looks to boost its agricultural…
March 13, 2012 Miner dies at Alpha mine in West Virginia A coal miner was fatally injured in an Alpha Natural Resources Inc mine in West Virginia over the weekend, the company said on Monday.
March 13, 2012 Agnico-Eagle in class-action crosshairs for $250m London, Ontario-based Siskinds LLP has filed a proposed class action suit against TSX-listed Agnico-Eagle Mines seeking $250-million, alleging the company and certain senior officers failed to disclose information that led…
March 13, 2012 Mining companies may be losing $130bn annually to fraud – UK study A PKF/University of Portsmouth Centre for Counter Fraud Studies report suggests mining companies' haste for social acceptance in developing nations could cost them dearly.
March 13, 2012 U.S. net polished diamond imports +4% in January U.S. net polished diamond imports increased in January this year when compared to January 2011 as well as when compared month-over-month to December 2011.
March 13, 2012 CAI Industries/Gauley-Robertson, RSL Fiber Systems to provide safe, fibre optic lighting Envisioning the potential to "revolutionise" and elevate the role of lighting technology in the design and operation of major mining equipment - thereby enhancing both safety and productivity - CAI…
March 13, 2012 CESCO’s Chile copper week coming in April Chile's Centre for Copper and Mining Studies, CESCO, is holding this year's Cesco Week from 16-19 April in Santiago. This copper focussed event brings together major players in the mining…
March 13, 2012 China gives miners another scare as $58 billion monthly swing hands it largest trade deficit in 12 years MarketWatch quotes Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang as saying: "Overall, economic conditions are getting weaker at a fast pace. The slowdown is happening faster than the government expected."
March 12, 2012 Investors pile into Caledonia Mining after new copper-cobalt find in Zambia Caledonia, worth $57 million on the TSX, is up 35% so far this year and ten times the usual volume of 131,000 shares changed hands on Monday.
Congo says it would seek other partners if US minerals framework fails "The rivalry between China and the United States - we are not interested in it," the country's mines minister said. February 11, 2026 | 07:12 am
