PRB 8800 coal prices closed mixed on lower volume
Powder River Basin 8,800-Btu/lb thermal coal prices for 2013 were mixed Friday, as trading volumes dropped sharply from the previous day's high levels. CME ClearPort cleared 135 PRB 8,800 swap ...
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The New Zealand government Tuesday laid out its framework for developing the country's natural resources, which put initiatives such as expanding oil and gas exploration alongside recognition ...
View ArticleChina-Africa Sunlight coal exploration project launched in Zimbabwe
A large-scale Sino-Zimbabwe joint coal exploration project, dubbed China-Africa Sunlight Exploration, broke the ground in Zimbabwe's western province of Matabeleland North on Wednesday. The ...
View ArticleIron ore prices rise on falling inventories
Import prices of iron ore continued to rise last week, with mills replenishing stocks amid a tentative rebound in the steel sector, according to Xinhua's latest iron ore price report released ...
View ArticleChinese gas pipeline ready to serve Hong Kong
China's second west-to-east gas pipeline is ready to supply natural gas to Hong Kong, as branch lines linking Hong Kong with the pipeline went into operation on Wednesday, according to the China ...
View ArticleChinas rare earths giant continues production halt
China's largest rare earths producer on Tuesday announced that it will continue to halt some of its production for a third month to help stabilize tumbling prices. The Inner Mongolia Baotou ...
View ArticleSinopec Conocophilips to research W China shale gas
The Sinopec Group, the world's fifth-largest oil company, said Tuesday it will jointly study shale gas development with Conocophilips in west China's Sichuan Basin over the next two years. ...
View ArticleChina to introduce gold ETFs
China's securities regulator published provisional rules for the operation of gold exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, on Friday, paving the way for introducing such business into the country's ...
View ArticleGroup appeals to halt Dunbar mining
A nonprofit environmental group has appealed a zoning decision that allows a Stahlstown company to operate a surface coal mine in Dunbar ...
View ArticleMetals Stocks Gold inches higher ahead of Fed minutes
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures advanced slightly in electronic trading during the Asian day Wednesday, holding just over the key $1,600-an-ounce level ahead of the release of minutes from the ...
View ArticleBHP Billiton profits dive by 58
The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP)(LSE: BLT)(NYSE: BHP) reported Tuesday its profits had plunged 58% and revenues declined 14% during the last half of 2012. Attributable net ...
View ArticleHastings Rare Metals CEO Alastair Metcalf talks Heavy Rare Earths with investors
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Hastings Rare Metals (ASX: HAS) wholly owns the world-class Hastings project in Western Australia, and the company's CEO Alastair Metcalf recently ...
View ArticleOtto Energy commits to further exploration onshore Tanzania
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Otto Energy (ASX: OEL) and Swala Oil and Gas have committed to the second exploration year at their two Tanzanian production sharing agreements after ...
View ArticleThundelarra Exploration strikes a chord with investors
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Thundelarra Exploration's (ASX: THX) share price has jumped 57% to today's intra-day high of A0.135, compared to Monday's closing price of ...
View ArticleAustralian-American Mining Corporation delivers 12.8 copper equivalent in...
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Australian-American Mining Corporation (ASX: AIW) has intercepted wide zones of copper-gold-silver mineralisation, including high grade copper, at the Blue ...
View ArticleWanted 250 mining workers from Cairns
A QUEENSLAND coal mining giant is recruiting 250 fly-in fly-out workers from the Cairns region. BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is scouting workers for its two new mines, Caval Ridge Mine and ...
View ArticleAmplats workers back at work after one-day stay away
JOHANNESBURG - Anglo American Platinum confirmed that employees at all of its South African mines were clocking in for work on Wednesday after a one-day walk-out following union violence at its ...
View ArticleMoon mining may be closer than we think
Mining on the moon may move from science fiction to reality faster than most people think and Australia can play its part, a lawyer says.But it may take many years to reach international agreement on ...
View ArticleCreamer Media publishes Iron-ore Roundup for December 2012January 2013 report
The Iron-Ore Roundup provides readers with a synopsis of mining activity in the iron-ore sector during the past month. The roundup presents the information in an easy-to-read disaggregated format, ...
View ArticleBHP Billiton CEO retires replaced by base metals chief
BHP Billiton Ltd appointed the head of its non-ferrous business as its CEO to replace Marius Kloppers, the fourth global miner this year to change its top brass as the industry enters a new era of ...
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