February 6, 2012 Strikes to continue at BMA coal mines The CFMEU has vowed to continue rolling strikes at BMA's coal mines in the Bowen Basin. It comes after the mining unions and BHP Billiton, the joint venture operator of…
February 6, 2012 Underground fire forces miners into rescue chambers About 30 miners were forced into rescue chambers after an underground fire broke out in the Fosterville Gold Mine in central Victoria on the weekend.
February 5, 2012 Black stuff: Alpha becomes latest US coal producer idling mines The company will immediately mothball four mines in central Appalachia, plans to idle two more by early next year and scale back output at other mines as US coal demand…
February 5, 2012 South Africa is looking at mining super-tax, ‘targeted intervention’ in platinum sector South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, appears to be moving away from nationalization of the mining industry to reassure foreign investors but is considering new taxes and "targeted…
February 5, 2012 Kyrgyzstan’s gilded economy The state agency of geology and mineral resources of Kyrgyzstan announced this week that in 2011, the output of the gold-mining industry of the ex-Soviet republic increased by 41.7% compared…
February 5, 2012 What it would take to buy a Manhattan apartment with ounces of gold t would take 908 ounces of gold to purchase the average Manhattan apartment versus the 1996 low point of 1,030 ounces, a point where many think our asset bubble problems…
February 5, 2012 Blown away: 70% of Europe’s new power generation comes from renewables According to a new European Wind Energy Association report a record 71% of all the new power generating capacity installed in the Europe Union in 2011 came from solar panels,…
February 5, 2012 LME warehouse war goes global Now we know how the clash of the titans played out in the aluminium market last December.
February 5, 2012 Obama trade adviser + basketball star + warlord = Gulfstream V loaded with 1,000 pounds of gold A new UN report says a US trade adviser appointed by Barack Obama orchestrated a $20 million deal to buy 1,045 pounds of gold in eastern DRC from warlord Bosco…
February 5, 2012 Tata Steel Canada arm inks deal for rail transportation of iron ore Tata Steel Minerals Canada (TSMC), the 80 per cent subsidiary of Tata Steel in Canada, has entered into a “life of mine” rail transportation contract with Quebec North Shore and…
Australia’s St Barbara unveils bold Canadian push The miner was quietly building its exploration target pipeline as others fled the province of Nova Scotia. February 11, 2026 | 07:21 am
