More hydrology testing required at Romarco’s South Carolina project
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Gold development company Romarco Minerals had recently reached an agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers, the lead agency responsible for the project's ...
View ArticleLawyer Says Transocean Failed to Train Drilling Rig Crews Properly
NEW ORLEANS - Transocean Ltd. failed to train its drilling rig crews properly and didn't maintain key safety equipment on the doomed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, leading to the deadly 2010 ...
View ArticleBarrick Gold fined in Chile faces opposition in Dominican Republic
Canada's Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX)(TSX:ABX)operations in Latin America are giving the company more than one headache these days. First, Chilean authorities charged the company with a $250,000 ...
View ArticleOne-kilo meteorite chunk found in Russia
A massive, one kilogram (2.2 lbs) meteorite fragment has been discovered by a team of Russian scientists. The scientists, from Russia's Urals Federal University, have found over 100 fragments ...
View ArticleForaco announces Q4 2012 results and conference call exhibiting at PDAC 2013
TSX: FAR ) (the "Company" or "Foraco"), a leading global provider of mineral drilling services, will release its Fourth Quarter 2012 results ...
View ArticlePlains Creek announces agreement to acquire remaining 49.9 of GB Minerals AG...
Feb. 25, 2013 /CNW/ - Plains Creek Phosphate Corporation (the "Company") (TSX-V: PCP) is very pleased to announce that it has signed a share purchase and exchange agreement ...
View ArticleAtna Discovers New Gold Mineralization at Reward
Feb. 25, 2013 /CNW/ - Atna Resources Ltd. ("Atna" or the "Company") (TSX:ATN/OTCQB:ATNAF) is pleased to report that the first phase of the 2013 drilling program discovered a ...
View ArticleP.M. Kitco Metals Roundup Gold Gains on Short Covering Bargain Hunting and...
Gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session with good gains Monday. Short covering and bargain hunting were featured in both gold and silver futures to start the trading week, following last ...
View ArticleTroubled iron-ore producer sends off maiden shipment
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Junior iron-ore producer Northland Resources on Monday said it has sent off its maiden high-grade iron-ore shipment from its Kaunisvaara mine, in Sweden, to ...
View ArticleEnergy Execs More Drilling Less Regulation
"What's holding us back is the lack of a national strategy," said Chevron CEO John Watson. Top energy executives urged government officials on Monday to get rid of overly burdensome ...
View ArticleMongolia going it alone at Tavan Tolgoi. For now
Mongolia's state-ownedErdennes Tavan Tolgoi, says it will start work on a coking coalblock previously slated for development by foreign ...
View ArticleZephyr Minerals announces increase in non-brokered private placement
Feb. 25, 2013 /CNW/ - Zephyr Minerals Ltd. ("Zephyr" or the "Company") (TSXV: ZFR), is pleased to announce that it has increased the size of the non-brokered private placement ...
View ArticleCyclone loses power after crossing Western Australia cost missing major iron...
PERTH, Australia - A major storm has missed Australia's major iron ore port and crossed a sparsely populated stretch of the west coast. The Bureau of Meteorology said in a statement Thursday ...
View ArticleKinross acquires high-grade gold areas in Russia
Canadian miner Kinross Gold Corporation (TSE:K), the world's fifth largest gold producing company, acquired exploration and mining rights for potentialhigh-grade gold-silver deposits in Russia. ...
View ArticleMining tycoon’s Titanic dream
Titanic is expected to recreate the iconic England-to-New York maiden voyage of the original sometime in 2016.The new ship will be designed to replicate, as much as possible, the look and feel of the ...
View ArticleMozambique Australian Company to Begin Graphite Exploration
Maputo - The Australian mining company Triton Gold announced on Wednesday that it has engaged Jigsaw Geoscience to begin the exploration of its Ancuabe and Balama graphite concessions in the northern ...
View ArticleBeijing air pollution shoots up again
reports the South China Morning Post. Airborne particles small enough to enter the lungs and blood, a.k.a. PM2.5, hit levels of 502 micrograms per cubic metre, surpassing the maximum of 500 on the US ...
View ArticleNo sign of mining investment peak yet
Australia's mining boom has plenty of life left, with the peak still some way off in the distance.Official data released on Thursday suggest that businesses are planning to increase their ...
View ArticleNevada expects to dodge the gold production cliff
reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal . Two main factors will help the state avoid the coming gold-mining crunch --miners there are bucking the trend of declining new deposits and higher commodity ...
View ArticleNo surprises for mining – analysts
There were no surprises in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s Budget speech yesterday, as he reiterated the need for a review of South Africa’s mining tax framework, analysts said ...
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