July 29, 2011 $190,000 forklift drivers (The West Australian) Forklift drivers, crane operators and other waterside workers in the North West have gone on strike, rejecting proposed salary packages of more than $190,000 a year.As unions flex their muscles…
July 29, 2011 Albania miners’ underground hunger strike enters day three Balkan Insight reports that thirty miners have fasted for the last three days in a gallery 1,400m below the surface and 260m below sea level inside the chromium mine in…
July 29, 2011 Mont. tribe renews bid to tap 9B ton coal cache BILLINGS, Mont. Montana's Crow tribe and an Australian company on Friday renewed their bid to tap into the reservation's huge fossil fuel reserves, with a scaled-down proposal for a coal-to-liquids…
July 29, 2011 Iron filings found in apricots Tags apricots, can, coles, iron, smart buy-brand Related links DESERT was the last thing on the mind of a South Kolan man when he opened up a can of apricots…
July 29, 2011 Gold trades at record as GDP disappoints, stock market slump enters third month December gold futures traded at a record $1,633 on Friday morning before pulling back to the $1,625 level by early afternoon lifted by 11th hour political wrangling about the US…
July 29, 2011 Minting $2 trillion of platinum coins to sidestep the debt crisis The United States Congress still can't pass legislation to raise the nation's debt ceiling, but a Yale Law professor suggests that President Obama could sidestep lawmakers and ensure that bills…
July 29, 2011 World stocks fall; Swiss franc, gold rally Graph with stacks of Australian dollars * World stocks on track for worst week since August 2010 * Threats of Spanish downgrade, U.S. default, data weigh * Safe-haven Swiss franc,…
July 29, 2011 Mirabela Nickel Q2 2011 sales up by 88pct QoQ Commodity Online reported that Mirabela Nickel Limited has sold 3909 tonnes of nickel in Q2 2011, up by 88% QoQ. Production at its Brazilian mine boosted by 20% to 3395…
July 29, 2011 Centerra Gold outshines gold bellwethers as profits double Investors rewarded Centerra Gold on Friday after the company reported it more than doubled net profits at $71.1 million on revenues of $243.8 million, up over 60% compared to the…
July 29, 2011 Xstrata Starts Construction of Australian Mine Xstrata Zinc has started construction work in Queensland, Australia, to develop the high-grade zinc-lead-silver Lady Loretta deposit as a new greenfield underground mine. The work will involve development of the…
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
