February 21, 2012 Gold exploration in Nunavut gets a boost Toronto and New York-listed gold producer Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM) has received permission from the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) to move ahead with an all-weather access road to its…
February 21, 2012 Gold rises after Greek deal gives Euro brief boost The gold price climbed for a second day Tuesday to $1,736.84/oz, helped by a brief rally in the euro after Greece secured its second round of bailout funding.
February 21, 2012 China Steel to invest in Australian coal project Taiwanese steelmaker, China Steel, will pay $104 million to invest in a coal mine in Australia and take rights to 10% of the future output, in a move to counter…
February 21, 2012 Bankable Feasibility Study of Borborema Project un – CRUSADER RESOURCES LIMITED Crusader Resources Ltd. commenced a Feasibility study for BORBOREMA, located in Brazil.
February 21, 2012 News release – English – CALICO RESOURCES CORP. Calico Resources Corp. applied for a mining permit for GRASSY MOUNTAIN, located in USA.
February 21, 2012 China further entrenched in Africa with Minmetals’ Anvil acquisition In what is being regarded as the first major African mining play by a Chinese company, China Minmetals succeeded Friday in closing its $1.3 billion bid for copper miner Anvil…
February 21, 2012 Coal Black Santorum and His Wealth Here is one way to make money from mining that I have not hitherto thought of: do what Rick Santorum did. It is described in a report at this link…
February 21, 2012 First Rio Tinto driverless train in Pilbara service by 2014 Rio Tinto will run the world's first automated long-distance heavy-haul rail network in the Pilbara, with a $518 million investment (Rio Tinto share $478 million) in driverless trains to be…
February 20, 2012 Canadian ‘mining watchdog’ spent $1.1M taxpayer dollars and has nothing to show for it A Canadian mining watchdog created by the Conservative government has yet to mediate a single case despite costing taxpayers $1.1 million over the last two years.
February 20, 2012 Legislators present bill to ban gold mining in the Amazon Peruvian legislators have presented a bill to congress to restrict gold mining in the Amazon basin.
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
