The UK’s takeover panel said that resource group Xstrata (LSE: XTA) must make an official offer by October 20 to take over competitor Anglo American (LSE: AAL) or issue a statement specifying it is not going to make an offer, Anglo American said in a release...
The growing list of jewelers vowing to boycott gold from a proposed Alaska mine now includes major manufacturers of class rings. Herff Jones and Commemorative Brands Inc., both of which make class rings, have joined the list of jewelers opposed to the proposed Pebble...
Mongolia finally wrapped up a deal on Tuesday to develop one of the world’s biggest untapped copper and gold deposits, signing off on Rio Tinto (RTP-N174.02—-%) and Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T13.51—-%) Oyu Tolgoi mine. The deal, made possible after...
Anglo American PLC Group, the world’s fourth-largest diversified mining group, is exploring copper and gold deposits in several areas of Cordillera region, a ranking official of the company said today. In an interview with reporters during a mining conference...
Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province has approved an environmental study for a gold project involving U.K.-based miner Archipelago Resources, the province’s governor said. Archipelago Resources, which owns 85 percent of the Indonesian unit, PT Meares...
Nuclear power is increasingly proposed as a climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuel use in electricity generation. A study by doctors in Ontario, Canada, on the health impacts of uranium mining and use, published in May this year, should give us cause for concern....
