December 3, 2011 Sharp decline in pollution from US coal power plants, NASA satellite confirms A team of scientists have used the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite to confirm major reductions in the levels of a key air pollutant generated by coal…
December 3, 2011 Copper traders bullish for first time in six weeks Bloomberg reports copper traders are bullish for the first time in six weeks on signs that demand is still expanding as global inventories decline to an 11-month low and central…
December 3, 2011 Siga Resources Announces Lucky Thirteen Placer Progress Siga Resources Inc (OTCBB: SGAE) is pleased to announce that it has now received all the raw results from the 9 bulk test pits completed in late summer and fall…
December 3, 2011 CMS cancels clean coal project; to close seven more plants Citing looming air quality rules, low natural gas prices and low demand for power, Michigan-based Consumers Energy cancelled Friday a proposed $2 billion clean coal plant near Bay City, Mich.,…
December 3, 2011 Arch Coal announces reductions at Dugout Canyon mine The Canyon Fuel subsidiary of Arch Coal has said that it would be scaling back production at the Dugout Canyon mine near Wellington, Utah, in response to continuing weakness in…
December 3, 2011 Groups urged pullout of Norwegian mining firm for violating OECD guidelines Environmental groups are calling for the withdrawal of a Norwegian firm seeking to mine for nickel in Mindoro after it was found in violation of guidelines for multinational enterprises established…
December 3, 2011 Sandvik and Flanders – a “best in class” partnership Sandvik Mining and Construction and Flandershave entered a formal partnership to automate surface mining drill rigs and provide autonomous operation.
December 2, 2011 Iron ore prices fall 11% in a week on slow Chinese demand Iron ore prices declined 11 per cent in the past week due to a drastic decline in demand from China, the world’s largest consumer of the steelmaking raw material.
December 2, 2011 Goldman says commodities to rally in 2012 Goldman Sachs Group forecast that commodities may rally 15% in the next 12 months, sticking with an “overweight” recommendation on raw materials and predicting Brent crude may surge to highest…
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
