August 22, 2011 Labour Disputes Permeate Copper Market The copper market has continuously been plagued with labour disputes for years, however, this year strikes have been especially prevalent with workers believing that they are entitled to larger pay…
August 20, 2011 Centaurus Metals to acquire a manganese project in Brazil Centaurus Metals has positioned itself to expand the company's manganese exploration portfolio by entering into an option to acquire a project located in south eastern Brazil.
August 19, 2011 Batista’s MPX in negotiations for Colombian coal contracts MPX Energia SA, the energy company controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, is negotiating supply contracts to sell coal from its Colombian unit as it prepares to start production by…
August 19, 2011 Backwardation possible if Chavez takes gold delivery If President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela actually takes delivery of an estimated 10 metric tons of gold, there could be an unusual development of backwardation in the futures markets, says…
August 19, 2011 Rusoro unfazed by Chavez nationalizing gold industry Toronto-listed miner Rusoro appeared unfazed on Thursday by President Hugo Chavez's move to nationalize Venezuela's gold industry, saying it believed the decision only targeted illegal miners.
August 19, 2011 Venezuela faces logistical, security nightmare flying back 17,000 gold bars While Venezuela President Hugo Chavez may have little to gain from seizing the half he did not already own of the only private gold miner left in the country, bringing…
August 18, 2011 Great Panther leaps after finding buyer for its stockpiles Great Panther escaped the mayhem on the markets and ended Thursday up 3.6% on the TSX after announcing it shipped 100 tonnes of silver-gold pyrite concentrates from its Guanajuato operation…
August 18, 2011 Catalyst Copper closes private placement Catalyst Copper Corp. announce Friday that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of 20,200,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.105 per share for…
August 18, 2011 Anglo American share of Cerrejon expansion approved Anglo American on Thursday said the $1.3 billion expansion of Cerrejon, its 33% owned coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia, has been approved.
August 18, 2011 Expansion of Cerrejon Coal: BHP to spend US$437 million BHP Billiton today announced approval of a US$437 million (BHP Billiton share) investment to expand the Cerrejon Coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. BHP Billiton’s investment represents one third of…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
