December 1, 2011 Underground Mine Development The planned underground expansions to existing mines, as well as major new underground operations being looked at, means that achieving faster and more efficient development underground is as much at…
December 1, 2011 MSHA puts 8 mines on notice for potential patterns of violations The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that eight mines around the country have received letters putting them on notice that each has a potential…
December 1, 2011 U.S. mining giant looks to Asia to process Ring of Fire chromite Cliffs Natural Resources, an Ohio-based mining giant, is preparing to extract what is estimated to be one of the world’s largest chromite […]
December 1, 2011 China eyes bigger role in iron ore pricing and hedging China plans to launch an iron ore swaps business and a physical iron ore trading platform are a clear sign of its desire to take on a bigger role in…
December 1, 2011 Several Vietnamese gold bullion processors cease production Even though the Vietnamese government’s new decree on the management of gold trading has yet to take effect, some gold bullion producers have temporarily halted their processing work.
December 1, 2011 Occupy protesters take Xstrata building Activists from the Occupy London anti-capitalist movement have stormed a building housing the mining giant Xstrata, targeting its chief executive.
December 1, 2011 Magnitogorsk’s assets partly frozen in iron-ore dispute OAO Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel, controlled by billionaire Victor Rashnikov, had some of its Australian assets including a stake in Fortescue Metals Group, frozen under a court order sought by…
December 1, 2011 Rights panel says 90 Mexico coal mine deaths since 2006 Mexico’s independent National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday that 90 people have died since 2006 in mine accidents in the northern state of Coahuila, the country’s main coal-producing region, attributing…
December 1, 2011 Rio Tinto succeeds in bid for Hathor Exploration-Offer extended to December 12, 2011 Hathor Exploration Limited (TSX:HAT) ("Hathor") announces that Rio Tinto has confirmed that it has succeeded in its bid to acquire Hathor and that all of the conditions of the offer,…
December 1, 2011 Lynas protests spread to Sydney A small group of protestors converged on Lynas Corporation’s annual general meeting in Sydney yesterday in opposition to the company’s rare earth refinery in Malaysia.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
