February 9, 2012 Jewellers resume buying gold, diamonds as rupee rise pauses The 6,000-odd registered jewellers in the country seem to have again started booking raw material, believing the recent sharp recovery in the rupee's exchange rate is over for now and…
February 9, 2012 Soldi Ventures Inc. Receives Results from Metallic Gold Assays at the Golden Bullet Project, Newfoundland Soldi Ventures Inc. (Soldi) (TSX VENTURE:SOV) is pleased to provide the metallic assay results from the first of the re-assayed holes from the winter 2011 drilling program on its Golden…
February 9, 2012 Southern Copper delays $1 billion mine opening in Peru Record annual earnings of more than $2 billion released today by key global copper producer Southern Copper Corp (NYSE:SCCO), were overshadowed by the company’s decision of pushing back the beginning…
February 9, 2012 Strike Minerals Development Update at the Edwards Mine Project Strike Minerals Inc. ("Strike") (TSX VENTURE:STK) announces that the company has commenced an underground development plan to test drill delineated gold mineralized zones on both the 60m and 90m levels…
February 9, 2012 Rio Tinto diamond sales rose 7% to $727 million Rio Tinto reported that its diamond sales rose 7 percent year on year to $727 million in 2011. The increase came as rough prices improved 24 percent during the year…
February 9, 2012 Canaccord to raise a US$1-billion fund for Chinese investment in natural resources Canadian merchant bank Canaccord Financial Inc. (TSX:CF) stocks were up almost 3 percent this morning after the company announced this morning that it will partner with the Import Export Bank…
February 9, 2012 Canada gets more than just pandas in black and white as Harper signs China uranium deal Canada’s nuclear-energy industry generates some $6.6 billion in annual revenue, $1.2 billion in exports each year and employs roughly 31,000 people according to Harper's office.
February 9, 2012 Salmon River announces US$2 million loan Salmon River Resources Ltd. ("Salmon River" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SAL) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement") with Rigdon Limited ("Rigdon"),…
February 9, 2012 BHP Billiton expects “significant increase” in copper production at Escondida mine in Chile BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world’s largest mining company, expects to increase production at its Escondida copper mine in Chile to over 1.3Mt/y in the 2015 financial year, said CEO…
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