February 19, 2012 Gold Bulls Expand as Billionaire Paulson Says Buy: Commodities Gold traders are getting more bullish after billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson told investors it’s time to buy the metal as protection against inflation caused by government spending.
February 19, 2012 Fracking risks overstated, say U of Texas researchers Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin say the controversial practice of "hydraulic fracturing," or "fracking", may not be to blame for environmental problems such as water contamination.
February 18, 2012 Thousands of Peruvians walk 870k to protest mine Peruvians in the northern region of Cajamarca are not giving up easily in their fight over Newmont Mining's proposed Conga copper-gold mine.
February 18, 2012 Record high gold prices fail to curb global demand Despite a volatile year for gold prices in 2011, demand for the precious metal still remained strong.
February 18, 2012 Finning has a record quarter and year Finning, Caterpillar's largest equipment dealer, reported record revenues for the fourth quarter and full-year 2011 on the back of highest-ever equipment sales in each region.
February 18, 2012 Lawyers investigating Kinross Gold over non-disclosure of Tasiast gold mine low grade ore A number of U.S. law firms are investigating Kinross over claimed non-disclosure of low grade ores at its Tasiast gold project in Mauritania to assess whether the gold miner may…
February 18, 2012 Union says Impala Platinum to rehire all strike-dismissed miners World No. 2 platinum miner, Impala platinum is to re-instate all the workers dismissed in the recent strike at its flagship Rustenburg operations
February 17, 2012 Yellowhead expands Harper Creek estimate Vancouver-based Yellowhead Mining has updated the 43-101 estimate for its Harper Creek copper project north of Kamloops.
February 17, 2012 Mining execs’ pay jumps as industry rebounds This is one of those “good problems” you hear about from time to time in business. After weathering the punishing collapse in demand for commodities that began in 2008 and…
February 17, 2012 Ecuador, Kinross hit impasse over Fruta del Norte Talks between the Ecuadorian government and Kinross Gold have stalled over the country's largest mine, Fruta del Norte.
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
