October 24, 2012 Vale’s Q3 profits expected to dive 61% on depressed ore prices Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) is expected to log a year-on-year Q3 profit decline of 61% due to this year's precipitous dive in iron ore prices.
October 24, 2012 Southern Silver signs earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation on Cerro Las Minitas Southern Silver has granted Freeport-McMoRan the right to earn an indirect 70% interest in the Cerro Las Minitas property in Durango, Mexico.
October 23, 2012 Xstrata’s Dominican nickel project in UN’s hands United Nations Development Program (UNDP) representative, Valerie Julliand, announced Tuesday the body has agreed to the Dominican Republic’s government's request to review Xstrata Nickel’s environmental impact study for the Loma…
October 23, 2012 Red Eagle Mining completes $20,000,000 financing The financing consists of a private placement of 21,212,121 common shares at $0.55 per share and the sale of a 2% net smelter royalty on Red Eagle Mining’s Santa Rosa…
October 21, 2012 Fresh calls for Carroll’s head. Anglo CEO could be out ‘within weeks’ "There have been signals from the company that there will be change at the top – and soon."
October 21, 2012 Xstrata ‘unfairly disparaged’ says chief The board of Xstrata has been “unfairly disparaged” over its handling of the $70bn merger with commodities trader Glencore, according to Mick Davis, the miner's chief executive.
October 19, 2012 Xstrata still analyzing expansion project for Collahuasi Xstrata's CEO Charlie Sartain said that there will be "no progress on the feasibility study [of the Collahuasi mine] until we have full confidence that we are meeting business objectives."
October 19, 2012 Delays at Barrick’s Pascua Lama Local communities are appealing for an injuction against the ambitious project high in the Andes.
October 18, 2012 Baja Mining reports no damages to Boleo project due to hurricane Paul Baja Mining informs that its 49% owned company has resumed its normal activities after the passage of hurricane "Paul" in the Baja California Sur region.
October 18, 2012 Sundance Minerals announces start of drilling at San Ricardo gold project, Sonora, Mexico The company announced the initiation of Phase 1 drilling at the San Ricardo gold project located within the prolific porphyry and epithermal gold-silver-copper belt of northern Sonora State, Mexico.
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
