Mining taxes face review
SOUTH Africa’s mining royalties would come under the spotlight as part of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s study on the country’s tax policies, President Jacob Zuma said during the ...
View ArticleThor Mining locks in A$1M funding facility
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Thor Mining (ASX: THR) has successfully landed a three year, A1 million secured debt facility from a private sophisticated investor. Funds drawn under the ...
View ArticleAspire Minings testwork confirms Ovoot as a high quality blending coking coal
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Aspire Mining (ASX:AKM) has completed initial pilot coke tests using coal indicative of what will be produced at its mammoth Ovoot project in Mongolia, with ...
View ArticleApollo Minerals firms IOCGU and nickel sulphide potential at Titan Base...
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Apollo Minerals (ASX: AON) has confirmed its Titan Base Metals Project in South Australia has the potential to host base and precious metals mineralisation ...
View ArticleGreat Western Exploration targets Bullseye project
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Great Western Exploration (ASX:GTE) has started drilling at its Bullseye project near Wiluna in Western Australia to test the mineralisation intersected in ...
View ArticleMetals Stocks Gold edges up from multi-month low
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures rose a touch in Asia trading hours on Monday, moving off a multi-month low reached in the previous session, as investors dipped a toe back into the battered ...
View ArticleNational Strategic and Critical Minerals Protection Act reintroduced to US...
A bill aimed at streamlining U.S. mining project permitting and limiting citizen lawsuits against mining projects has been reintroduced in the U.S. ...
View ArticleAustralian mining king fights to stop rivals digging on ranch
Andrew Forrest is fighting rival bids to exploit the mineral wealth under his own half-a-million acre Minderoo ranch in the nation's remote northwest ...
View ArticleIndian steel production surged 33 in 2012 second only to China
- India's 33% growth in steel production in the last five years was second only to China among the top five producing nations. China's production grew by 39% between 2008 to 2012, ...
View ArticleCreamer Media publishes Electricity 2013 A review of South Africas...
South Africa’s electricity generation capacity has, in recent years, been inadequate to meet the country’s demand and much criticism has been levelled at government regarding the ...
View ArticleMETALS-Copper hits 3-week low global growth woes hurt
* Fresh Shanghai shorts, bonded stock buys paint mixed picture * U.S. markets shut for President's day holiday on Monday * Coming Up: ECB president testifies in European Parliament; 1430 GMT By ...
View ArticleMining MA sees the rise of a new class of investor - EY
As mining companies consumed "eye-watering volumes" of capital, which scared off traditional investors, a new class of investor appears to be filling the gap, according to Ernst & ...
View ArticleZimbabwe Gold Deposits Discovered in Hwange
Gold deposits have reportedly been discovered at a village cemetery in Mlonga Village 17, Jambezi area under Chief Shana in Hwange District in Matabeleland North Province. Police have already ...
View ArticleIndia sets up expert committee on underground coal mines
KOLKATA (miningweekly.com) - India’s Coal Ministry would set up a committee of experts to compile a long-term strategy on capital investments and a technology upgrade to increase production ...
View ArticleMining sector criticises Gillard local content plan
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - The Australian mining industry on Monday criticised the federal government’s A$1-billion plan to boost local productivity and competitiveness. Prime ...
View ArticleNorwegian Energy Company Starts Drilling On Scotney Prospect
Norwegian oil company Norwegian Energy Co. ASA (NOR.OS) said Monday that drilling of an exploration well on the Scotney prospect in the U.K. North Sea has started.MAIN FACTS:-The well is being ...
View ArticlePremier looks to produce from Zim tungsten mine by end-2013
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-quoted multicommodity natural resources company Premier African Minerals on Monday said a recent exploration update from its flagship RHA tungsten project, ...
View ArticleNumber value of mining MA transactions to improve this year – study
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - The number of mining and metals transactions, and the value of these transactions were expected to improve in 2013, advisory firm Ernst & Young (E&Y) predicted on ...
View ArticleIMX cancels Mt Woods sale
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - Metals developer IMX Resources has called off the sale of its 49% interest in the Mount Woods copper-gold joint venture, after the project partners decided not to execute ...
View ArticleSanta FeInternational Goldfields sign merger paperwork
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - ASX-listed International Goldfields has signed a definitive merger agreement with US-based Santa Fe Gold Corporation, enacting an October agreement to create a significant ...
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