August 5, 2011 Rio Tinto Diamonds posts $10m loss for H1 Rising rough diamond prices were not enough to keep Rio Tinto's diamond operations profitable. Lower production and increased costs eroded Rio Tinto Diamond's bottom line in the first half of…
August 5, 2011 Hillary Clinton: Keystone XL safety will be above the law The Hill's E2-Wire reports Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the proposed pipeline to bring Canadian oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries, if approved, will operate under tougher…
August 5, 2011 Strike ends at world’s biggest copper mine Miners voted Friday to end a two-week long strike at the world's largest copper mine, La Escondida in northern Chile, approving an agreement struck by their union and management. Escondida…
August 5, 2011 Silver falls as investors sell to raise cash Bloomberg reports that Silver plunged to the biggest weekly drop in three months.
August 5, 2011 Botswana world’s top diamond producer in 2010 The Economic Times reports Botswana is the world’s biggest rough diamond producer by value in 2010. According to statistics release by the Kimberley Process, a UN certified scheme, despite Russia…
August 5, 2011 Cape Lambert’s Marampa iron ore IPO plan boosted by China interest Australian mining explorer Cape Lambert Resources is seeking to list its Marampa iron ore project in Sierra Leone by the end of 2011 to raise as much as $500 million,…
August 5, 2011 Essar to invest 4 billion in Zimbabwe steel plant Essar plans to spend up to USD 4 billion in constructing a steel plant to process iron ore from Zimbabwe's Mwanesi resource within the next five years.
August 5, 2011 Liberty Mines’ ops still halted TSX-listed Liberty Mines posted a $4.3-million operating loss for the second quarter on Friday, as production still hadn’t started at its Ontario nickel operations remained halted after problems with its…
August 5, 2011 China Minmetals calls for rare earth production suspension Reuters reports that Minmetals has urged all firms in the rare earth sector to maintain the national output quota by suspending production starting from the beginning of August.
August 5, 2011 Commodities crash on global cues Growth concerns in the US and European countries have put downside price pressure on most commodity markets, with crude oil and copper losing the most.
Northern Star climbs to record high as first-half profit surges 49% The gold miner reported underlying net profit after tax of A$759.8 million ($541 million) for the half year ended December 31. February 11, 2026 | 03:33 pm
