July 5, 2012 Peru detains leader of anti-mining protests then frees him after increased hostility Peruvian police detained former Roman Catholic priest Marco Arana, the leader of the protests against Newmont Mining, yesterday evening. The situation has only worsened since the government declared a state…
July 5, 2012 Argentinian legislation might sink Pan American’s flagship Pan American Silver is warning its shareholders that if the reform of mining law in Argentina's Chubut Province is approved, the company will have to declare its Navidad Project "uneconomic."
July 5, 2012 Mundoro Identifies Compelling Drill Target at Its 100% Owned Camargo Property in Mexico CEO and President of Mundoro, commented, "we have identified a compelling drill target and we are confident the coming months will advance our planned exploration program in Mexico."
July 5, 2012 Australia won’t get in the way of Glencore-Xstrata Australia's antitrust regulator has decided it would not oppose commodities trader Glencore's $26 billion takeover of miner Xstrata.
July 5, 2012 Baja’s top shareholder won’t give more for Boleo Besieged Baja Mining suffered another setback on Thursday after Mount Kellett Capital Management, the company’s largest shareholder, announced it wouldn’t provide debt or equity financing for the Boleo project in…
July 4, 2012 Introducing a global lithium company Galaxy is an Australian-based global lithium company with lithium production facilities, hard rock mines and brine assets in Australia, China, Canada and Argentina.
July 4, 2012 Amarillo Gold drills new gold mineralisation north and adjacent to the Posse Deposit, Mara Rosa project, Brazil. Highlights include 22m @ 1.14 g/t Au Highlighted findings of the Brazil-based project include 1.14 g/t Au at 22m.
July 4, 2012 South American Silver provides further update on Bolivia Over the past few days workers of South American Silver's Bolivian subsidiary, drill service contractors and members of local indigenous communities which support the project have been detained illegally by…
July 4, 2012 Anti-Newmont protests in Peru force government to declare a state of emergency At least three people were killed and 20 injured in northern Peru yesterday after a clash between police and protesters opposed to the $5 billion Conga gold mine planned by…
July 4, 2012 Glaciers stop progress of Barrick Gold’s mining plans in Argentina The world's largest gold company, Barrick Gold, suffered a major setback Tuesday as the Argentine National Supreme Court reversed preliminary injunctions on glacier protection law, now back in full force…
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
