May 1, 2012 Newmont looking at other options if Conga costs continue to climb Newmont Mining could reallocate project funds if an ongoing evaluation of the environmental impact study for its $4.8 billion Conga mine turns economically unfavourable, CEO Richard O'Brien said.
May 1, 2012 Xstrata copper production down, but Q1 financial performance solid Anglo-Swiss Xstrata Plc. (LON:XTA) reported today mixed production results for its first quarter, with copper production declining 18%, but said operating and financial performance remains strong.
May 1, 2012 Alamos Gold Q1 profit jumps 65 pct Strong gold price and a tax gain helped boost the gold miner's net income to $29.5m from $17.9m a year ago
May 1, 2012 Southern Copper Q1 net income jumps 30 pct The copper miner said a 13% jump in sales amid lower operating costs during the period helped offset weaker metals prices
April 30, 2012 Courts tell Goldcorp to suspend El Morro construction The Supreme Court of Chile suspended Goldcorp's (GG: NYSE; G: TSX) environmental permit for the El Morro copper-gold project.
April 30, 2012 Teck cashes in on Chile’s copper For centuries, pilgrims have thronged to the Chilean mountain town of Andacollo – to worship at the historic church and to mine the dusty hills for copper. Now a new…
April 30, 2012 Argentina’s Supreme court demands environmental reports used to approve Barrick’s Pascua Lama The Argentine supreme court has ordered the national and the San Juan provincial governments to submit the environmental reports that were used to approve Canadian miner Barrick Gold's (NYSE: ABX)…
April 30, 2012 North America to lead energy investments in 2012: analysts North America will head global energy investments this year, driven by boom in unconventional production, with a $392 billion on upstream capital and operating expenditures in the region, say global…
April 30, 2012 Newmont’s profit grows 9% despite Peru’s Conga Mine project difficulties Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE and TSX: NEM) reported a 9% increase in first-quarter profit to $561 million, or $1.13 a share, despite the ongoing troubles with its hindered $4.8 billion…
April 29, 2012 S Korea to pursue energy and infrastructure projects worth USD 11.1 billion in Venezuela Yonhap reported that South Korea will pursue 5 energy and infrastructure development projects in Venezuela worth USD 11.1 billion that could open new business opportunities for local companies in the…
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