August 19, 2011 Venezuela faces logistical, security nightmare flying back 17,000 gold bars While Venezuela President Hugo Chavez may have little to gain from seizing the half he did not already own of the only private gold miner left in the country, bringing…
August 19, 2011 Vale, Aquila get nod for Australia Eagle Downs mine Brazilian mining giant Vale and Aquila Resources have received a nod from the Queensland government for the Eagle Downs coal project in the Bowen Basin, granting a mining lease.
August 19, 2011 ASX plunge wipes out $30 billion The Australian sharemarket has plunged nearly 3 per cent at the open wiping about $30 billion off the value of shares after renewed fears for the global economy sent global…
August 18, 2011 Potash producers could wring more out of farmers as global food prices soar Bloomberg reports prices in the $150 billion fertilizer market are lagging behind gains in food costs, providing farmers another incentive to boost production and leaving a gap for potash producers…
August 18, 2011 Newcrest wants all of billion tonne Wafi-Golpu Mining Review reports Newcrest Mining CEO Greg Robinson told reporters on Friday it would acquire Harmony Gold Mining’s 50% stake in their massive Wafi-Golpu joint venture in Papua New Guinea…
August 18, 2011 Bauxite mine expansion boosts Australia far north jobs The company proposing to expand a bauxite mine in Cape York in far north Queensland says Cairns is in a good position to provide a 300-strong workforce during the construction…
August 18, 2011 Alpha Natural Resources’ unit wins Wyoming coal tract In another sign that leasing new coal tracts in the Powder River Basin is becoming unusually competitive, Alpha Natural Resources' winning bid on Wednesday for a Wyoming coal tract also…
August 18, 2011 Great Panther leaps after finding buyer for its stockpiles Great Panther escaped the mayhem on the markets and ended Thursday up 3.6% on the TSX after announcing it shipped 100 tonnes of silver-gold pyrite concentrates from its Guanajuato operation…
August 18, 2011 South Africa PGMs project moving forward JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum’s Frischgewaagd-Ledig platinum-group metals (PGMs) project, in the Western Bushveld Complex, is moving forward with the next step – the start of civil works.
August 18, 2011 Junior reports better than expected results at Zim and DRC projects UK mining junior Mwana Africa reports the company has achieved better than expected results at its Freda Rebecca gold project, in Zimbabwe, and its Zani Kodo gold project, in the…
Congo copper exports rose 10% last year as China drives output Congo’s expanding output provides some relief to a copper market that’s suffered a series of supply shocks. February 11, 2026 | 07:28 am
