Philippines-focused Crazy Horse Resources (CZH-V) has outlined a 15-milliontonne- per-year open-pit copper operation at its Taysan project in a prefeasibility study. The mine plan, like the November scoping study before it, splits the project…
The world’s largest, publicly traded copper producer, Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), is standing tough in the face of simmering labour turmoil and nationalization overtures aimed at its Grasberg…
Having assembled a collection of greenfield copper-gold prospects in Mongolia’s western frontier, Vancouver-based explorer Altan Rio Minerals (AMO-V) is aiming to take the next step forward with a US$2-million drilling campaign in 2012.
Centerra Gold (CG-T) recently saw its shares plunge 15% after cutting its production forecast for the Kumtor gold mine owing to increased ice movement in the southeast section of the pit, which will restrict access to high-grade ore.
China plans to increase investment in its power sector by 88% under its 2011–2015 plan, and a significant amount of that will be directed towards smart-grid technology, London-based Barclays analyst Gayle Berry writes in a recent research…
Just a few months after Rio Tinto (RIO-N) took a controlling 51% stake in Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q), billionaire founder and chief executive Robert Friedland has resigned from the company, along with five other members of the senior…
Just two weeks after the Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) announced that it intended to make a proportional takeover bid for up to 60% of SouthGobi Resources’ (SGQ-T) issued and outstanding shares, and Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N,…
Just a few months after Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) took a controlling 51% stake in Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q), billionaire founder and chief executive Robert Friedland has resigned from the company along with five other members of the…
Just two weeks after the Aluminum Corporation of China announced that it intended to make a proportional takeover bid for up to 60% of SouthGobi Resources’ (SGQ-T) issued and outstanding shares, and Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q)…
China plans to increase investment in its power sector by 88% under its current five year plan (2011-2015) and a significant amount of that will go towards smart grid technology, London-based Barclays analyst Gayle Berry writes in a research…
Earlier this month Reuters reported that Indonesia is mulling plans to slap export taxes of 25% on coal and base metals this year and as much as 50% in 2013. The measures are being contemplated as part of an effort to prevent miners from trying…
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) says it will sell its stake in Mongolian coal producer SouthGobi Resources (SGQ-T) to Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) and use the proceeds to fund development of its large Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine…
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