December 28, 2011

London gold and silver markets lower after Christmas shutdown

December 28, 2011

Zimbabwe considering a ban on raw platinum exports

December 28, 2011

London copper slips, breaking four days of gains

Prices of copper on the LME fell on Wednesday after poor housing data in the US raised concerns that demand for the metal could wane

December 28, 2011

Areva in talks to sell Eramet nickel mining stake

French nuclear giant Areva says it is in talks to sell its 26% stake in major nickel miner, Eramet (formerly Soc. Le Nickel) with major operations in New Caledoinia.

December 28, 2011

Freeport’s Grasberg copper-gold ops contractor under pressure

Indonesian contractor KPI under pressure to settle with Unions to bring the strike at the massive Grasberg copper-gold mine to an end.

December 28, 2011

Globalisation of China’s yuan widens – gold to reclaim role

The latest moves towards trade in Chinese yuan sounds the early death knell of the dollar as the world's global reserve currency with gold likely to return to the monetary…

December 28, 2011

Safe with diamonds stolen from polishing plant

Investigators have been left baffled about one of the oddest thefts in diamond history following the theft of a small safe from inside a larger safe, with no signs of…

December 28, 2011

Orocobre Announces Update on Company Activities

During the past several months, the company has made substantial progress on key activities required to commence construction of commercial operations at the Olaroz Lithium-Potash project in northwest Argentina, including…

December 28, 2011

Copper concentrator (40,000 t/d) order in Mongolia awarded to FLSmidth

FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately $105 million from the Mongolian company, Mongolyn Alt (MAK) Group, to supply a greenfield copper concentrator for a mine some 500 km…

December 28, 2011

A modular, mobile mining system for GIW pumps

GIW engineering experts travel frequently to mining sites all over the world, including the oil sands mining operations in Alberta, Canada. The oil sands sites present many unique challenges to…