December 22, 2011 KGHM eyes joint takeovers with China’s Minmetals According to KGHM's CEO, Herbert Wirth, the company is considering making joint acquisitions with China's Minmetals Corporation outside its home country.
December 22, 2011 Japan’s Nov rolled copper output down 10.4 pct The Japan Copper and Brass Association said Thursday the country's output of rolled copper product plunged 10.4% from a year earlier in November owing to sluggish demand.
December 22, 2011 Copper slips after 2 days of gains London copper slipped on Thursday, after gaining 2.7% in the past two days, on concerns that the latest round of ECB loans to banks were insufficient to help pull Europe…
December 22, 2011 Canada Wants the Country to Trade Its Diamonds Canada says it is comfortable with Zimbabwe trading in its Marange gems as the move will strengthen the global diamond industry.
December 22, 2011 TurkPower Signs Agreement to Acquire Coal Field With 100m Tonnes of Coal and $20m Worth of Coking Coal Inventory TurkPower Corporation (OTCBB: TRKP) (the "Company") announced today that it is has entered a binding purchase agreement to purchase the Zavyalov Square of the Toguchino Coal Field ("Zavyalov") located in…
December 22, 2011 Environment minister rejects Margaret River coal mine An underground coal mine proposed for near Margaret River in Western Australia has been rejected by the state's environment minister.
December 22, 2011 BHP seeks $2.3M from mining union BHP Billiton Limited (ASX:BHP) is seeking $2.3 million in damages from a mining union and two officials responsible for stoppages at its Queensland operations in February last year.
December 22, 2011 Asciano in Rio coal-haul deal Asciano today said it had agreed to a new 10-year deal to haul a combined 8.5 million tonnes of coal annually from two mines owned by Rio Tinto in Queensland.
December 22, 2011 MST improves wireless network switch for hard rock mines Mine Site Technologies says the NS50 wireless network switch is the next generation of premier wireless components it has created. It supersedes the WNS (Wireless Network Switch) for application in…
December 22, 2011 MIPAC assisting George Fisher mine in expansion Xstrata Zinc is working with MIPAC on improving production at its George Fisher mine, an underground zinc/lead mine located about 20 km north of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland. The…
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm