December 28, 2011 Protests and deaths in Indonesia force Australian gold exploration company to halt activities Arc Exploration Limited (ARX), an Australian gold mining exploration company with presence in Indonesia, has halted activities at a project in Bima, after a violent protest at the nearby port…
December 28, 2011 Solar breakthrough: cheap quantum dot solar paint Researchers have reduced the preparation time of quantum dot solar cells to less than an hour by changing the form to a one-coat quantum dot solar paint.
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…
Roundup Video: Sixty North targets midyear Mon mine restart The company plans to restart the past-producing gold mine in the Northwest Territories by midyear after installing a 100-tonne-per-day mill at the site. February 10, 2026 | 12:29 pm
