January 16, 2012 Tin Market to trade between US$20,800-US$21,000 this week Dealers on the Kuala Lumpur tin market say the price of tin is likely to continue the strong performance that began last week with the bulk of demand coming from…
January 16, 2012 Peru’s Dec Cabinet shuffle boosts presidents’ approval rating According to an Ipsos Apoyo poll, President Ollanta Humala's Cabinet shuffle following fierce protests against Newmont Mining's Conga project lifted his approval rating as it rose to 54% in January.
January 16, 2012 China launches first physical iron ore trading platform The country hopes the new platform will help strengthen its pricing power and wrest control from Vale, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, which between them control three quarters of global…
January 16, 2012 Pan Pacific plans to resume Saganoseki smelter in a month Japan's largest copper smelter said Monday it aims to resume its Saganoseki copper smelter in about a month, after a fire damaged facilities and forced it to halt operations on…
January 16, 2012 Deloitte predicted the Peru Newmont Cajamarca debacle Would you believe any government, anywhere, that promises to spend $1.6 B on roads and bridges to nowhere, while the mines pollute the local water and fill lakes with tailings?
January 16, 2012 Atlas Copco enters market for dimension stone drilling equipment Atlas Copco Italia has acquired Perfora, an Italian company that manufactures and sells drilling and cutting equipment for the dimension stone industry, i.e. quarries that produce raw stone blocks. Perfora…
January 15, 2012 How to learn to stop worrying and love the oil sands Given the challenges that we face as Indigenous Peoples in Canada, it's important to take a step back every now and again, if only so we make sure we know…
January 15, 2012 Mr. Peabody’s coal train done hauled it away In our humble opinion, no song better tells the story about the devastation of strip mining and mountaintop removal than John Prine‘s haunting “Paradise,” an ode to the Kentucky community…
January 15, 2012 Mutiny Gold: White Well Gold production set to begin in 2012 Mutiny Gold (ASX: MYG) partner Cobra Mining plans to begin production at the 113,000 ounce White Well Gold Project in Western Australia this year.
January 15, 2012 More traders notice gold’s regularly counterintuitive behavior Drawing on GATA board member Adrian Douglas' statistical study from August 2010 ("The Gold Market Isn't 'Fixed,' It's Rigged," Sam and Bob Kirtley of SK Options Trading in Wellington, New…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
