July 25, 2011 Winnipeg Free Press: First Nickel sets up nickel and copper hedge facility First Nickel Inc. (TSX:FNI) has finalized copper and nickel hedging contracts with two international banks that will help the miner begin operations again in northern Ontario, the Winnipeg Free Press…
July 25, 2011 Quadra FNX output up 20% in Q2, to restart nickel-ore mining Vancouver-based Quadra FNX Mining increased second-quarter copper production by 20% compared with the first three months of the year, and still expects to meet its full-year forecast of within 10%…
July 25, 2011 150,000 South Africa coal miners start strike South African coal workers went on strike on Monday seeking inflation-busting 14 percent wage increases, but power utility Eskom said the stoppage would not have an immediate impact on plants…
July 25, 2011 RIA Novosti: Norilsk Nickel sells 8.06 pct of shares to offshore companies RIA Novosti reports that Norilsk Nickel has sold 8.06 percent of its shares to two offshore companies, Delmonico Group and Crelios Investment, for over $2.77 billion, the company said in…
July 25, 2011 Debate intensifies over climate change aspects of Canada’s oil sands pipeline: New York Times As the State Department weighs approving an oil pipeline stretching from Canada to Texas, experts are divided on whether the Keystone XL project would worsen global warming.
July 25, 2011 Globex options second Labrador Trough iron project Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. announce Monday that it has signed an Option Agreement with Titan Iron Ore Corp wherein Titan may earn 100% interest in a Globex, Labrador trough area…
July 25, 2011 We’ll buy iron ore from our own companies, Chinese warn Beijing has issued a veiled threat to Australia's long-term economic future. It has vowed to break the power of the big mining companies by sourcing 50 per cent of its…
July 25, 2011 Canada makes a deal a day as mining M&A head towards $200 billion The value of mergers and acquisitions in the mining sector more than doubled to $96.3 billion in the first six months of the year and could top $200 billion for…
July 25, 2011 India’s illegal iron ore mining scandal grows, could bring down state government Indian Express reports Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, currently holidaying in Mauritius, is among a slew of politicians, many of them from the BJP party, set to be named…
July 25, 2011 CanAlaska Uranium identifies multiple conductors from ZTEM airborne geophysics surveys CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (TSX - CVV) has completed two airborne ZTEM geophysical surveys on its Hodgson and Carswell projects in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. The newly-developed ZTEM surveys provide a…
Platinum miners favour payouts over projects even as prices surge Despite strong prices, mining executives are wary of launching new projects without evidence of sustained long-term price stability. February 11, 2026 | 10:30 am