December 22, 2012 Escondida mine to produce 1.3 million tons of copper in 2015 BHP Billiton is currently working on the expansion of the Escondida mine, located in Chile.
December 22, 2012 Lithium Americas to invest ARS 3 billion in lithium, potasium project in Argentina Lithium Americas has announced it will invest ARS 3 billion (USD 816.75 million) in its Caucharí-Olaroz mining project in Argentina.
December 22, 2012 Local government of Chubut refuses to approve legal framework for large mining projects Minera Argenta, a subsidiary of Pan American Silver, has announced it will not carry out the silver and lead project "Navidad", located between the communities of Gan Gan and Gastre…
December 21, 2012 Brazil doubles gold reserve to highest level in 12 years Brazil increased gold reserves for a third month in November to double the country’s holdings since August, reaching levels not seen since November 2000.
December 21, 2012 Resource nationalism assumes more insidious forms Tactics shift from frank expropriation of assets to increased royalties and stricter procurement requirements
December 20, 2012 Despite 2012 commodities slump emerging market demand set to fuel higher, more volatile prices "In a resource-constrained world, value creation moves towards the owners of resources" is the conclusion of a new report from McKinsey
December 20, 2012 Braeval Mining completes $10,000,200 initial public offering and lists on the Toronto Stock Exchange The company announces the closing today of its initial public offering of 16,667,000 common shares of the company at a price of $0.60 per share resulting in gross proceeds of…
December 20, 2012 Cornerstone and SolGold define additional gold-copper soil anomalies and geological targets at the Cascabel project, Ecuador Cornerstone and SolGold define additional gold-copper soil anomalies and geological targets at the Cascabel project, Ecuador.
December 19, 2012 Vale will pay $232 million in taxes to Switzerland Brazilian miner Vale SA (NYSE:VALE) said Wednesday its fourth-quarter results would suffer after the company decided to settle a case of alleged tax evasion with Swiss authorities.
December 19, 2012 Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. files technical report on Palmilla deposit Adds additional resources of 502,800 gold equivalent ounces
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
