November 6, 2011 Pros and cons debated as Virginia considers lifting uranium mining ban A proposed uranium mine in Virginia is attracting its share of proponents and detractors. The state has upheld a ban on uranium mining since 1982, but the ban is being…
November 6, 2011 De Beers Stake Sale Poses no Problem for Industry: GJEPC (IDEX Online News) – The sale of the Oppenheimer family’s 40 percent stake in De Beers to Anglo American posed no problems for the industry, said Sanjay Kothari, Vice Chairman…
November 6, 2011 Anglo American not planning more buyouts: report Anglo American PLC , which last week bought the Oppenheimer family out of diamond producer De Beers, will not look to buy out minority shareholders in its other African mining…
November 6, 2011 More miners rescued from Chinese coal mine Nearly 53 miners were rescued from the Qianqiu coal mine in Sanmenxia, in Henan province, after rocks collapsed, killing eight people while 14 managed to escape.
November 6, 2011 China pushing for iron ore pricing changes – exec China, the world's biggest consumer of iron ore, is still hopeful that major foreign suppliers will change the way they set their prices, Zhu Jimin, chairman of the Shougang Group,…
November 6, 2011 Feds plan to expand strip coal mine near Bryce Canyon Plans to greatly expand a strip coal mine near Bryce Canyon National Park got a boost Friday from the federal government, leaving southern Utahns to debate which kind of economic…
November 6, 2011 Obama tightens screw on America’s coal supply Weeks after the infamous BP oil spill in late-April 2010, the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the agency that managed leasing and regulation, was split up into three parts. With dire…
November 6, 2011 Jim Rogers: Gold will eventually end with a bubble Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou surprised European leaders when he called for a referendum on the new aid package for Greece. Since then, the referendum has already been cancelled.
November 6, 2011 BHP Billiton to begin work on Indonesia coal project BHP Billiton Ltd said Thursday it plans to begin work on the $1.34 billion IndoMet coal project in Indonesia within weeks, a move that would open up a new mining…
November 6, 2011 ‘Coal girls’ hit paydirt at mines Fly-in, fly-out "working girls" travelling from as far away as New Zealand to the resource-rich regions of Queensland and Western Australia are making as much money in one or two…
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
