August 23, 2011 26 trapped in China coal mine Twenty-six miners remained trapped Tuesday in a flooded coal mine in northeast China, Xinhua reported. The illegal coal mine in Boli county of Heilongjiang province belonged to the Hengtai Coal…
August 23, 2011 CuOro Resources Corp. to acquire Barranco de Loba Gold Project, Colombia CuOro Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CUA)(FRANKFURT:6BC) ("CuOro" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has finalized an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Barranco de Loba…
August 23, 2011 Oil sands anxiety is overblown Geoffrey Styles writing in The Energy Collective says it analysts and editors have not woken up to the necessity of comparing the lifecycle emissions from oil sands to those from…
August 23, 2011 African Minerals increases capacity of Tonkolili iron ore project London-listed Africa-focused mining giant African Minerals Ltd has announced that the operating capacity of Tonkolili iron ore mine in Sierra Leone has increased from 12 million mt per year to…
August 23, 2011 IRC posts first profit as iron ore sales begin at Russia mine IRC Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed iron ore company mining in Russia, posted its first profit after starting sales from its Kuranakh mine and prices for the steelmaking raw material advanced.…
August 23, 2011 BHP throws BlueScope workers a lifeline BlueScope Steel has been slammed after paying execs millions of dollars in bonuses as it lays off workers. Australia's biggest company is keen to hire workers sacked by BlueScope Steel.
August 23, 2011 Push for Gulf iron ore mine gathers momentum Western Desert Resources has taken another step toward developing an iron ore mine in the Gulf country of Australia's Northern Territory.The company is proposing an open-cut iron ore operation in…
August 23, 2011 ANZ says allowed to trade China gold futures Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's China unit has received regulatory approval to trade gold futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, it said on Tuesday, becoming the second foreign bank…
August 23, 2011 Russians buy High River Gold Mines stake at a discount Russian steelmaker OAO Severstal's unit said it bought 1 percent of High River Gold Mines at a discount, sending the Canadian miner's shares down 3 percent on Tuesday morning on…
August 23, 2011 Canada crude to fall further behind global oil as Horizon syncrude restarts Canadian Natural Resources said on Tuesday its Horizon oil sands operation has resumed production after a seven month gap caused by a fire. The Calgary-based company said expects to reach…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
