Syria protests Israels approval for oil drilling
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria is protesting a recent decision by Israel to go ahead with a gas exploration project in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau it captured from Syria in the 1967 ...
View ArticleFraser Institute ranks Finland and Sweden top mining destinations
in the annual survey released Thursday by theFraser Institute , Canada's leading public policy think-tank. The document, which compiles the answers of international mining executives, shows ...
View ArticleMolycorp scares shell-shocked investors once again
Shares of Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) plunged more than 10% at the open on Thursdayto a new 52-week low of $5.60 after the firm delayed its full year results to account for a "substantial" ...
View ArticleIndia becomes net importer as punitive iron ore export tax is extended
Platts News reports India's finance minister made the announcement presenting the country's 2013-2014 budget on Thursday. The tax to discourage exports and a ban on mining in two key ...
View ArticleCrushing blow for oil sands as US production inventories reach 20- and...
The price oil sands producers receive fell to $44.92 a barrel below the international benchmark on Thursday. Canadian crude took a triple hit: US benchmark Nymex West Texas Intermediate (WTI)oil ...
View ArticleThis gold bear market will yield better valuations than 1992 or 2000 Rick Rule
In a lively interview with King World News yesterday, Sprott Asset Management's Rick Rule said that gold represents a huge sale at its current price. Rule begged market participants to focus on ...
View ArticlePDAC-Finland ranked as top mining locale as Canada slips
* Ranking based on survey of mining, exploration companies * Nordic countries said to have stable mining policies * Uncertainty over land claims hurts Canada rankings TORONTO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - ...
View ArticleWindigo Catering wins Skookum Jim Award for Aboriginal achievement in Canadas...
Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Windigo Catering Limited Partnership, a business venture owned by five members of the Windigo First Nations Council in northwest Ontario, has won the prestigious Skookum Jim ...
View ArticleKivalliq Announces Positive Metallurgical Results from Lac 50 Trend Low...
Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Kivalliq Energy Corporation ("Kivalliq"- "KIV: TSX-V") today announced preliminary metallurgical test results for the Lac 50 Trend uranium deposits. ...
View ArticleZephyr Minerals Ltd. closes private placement announces drill program
Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Zephyr Minerals Ltd. ("Zephyr" or the "Company") (TSXV: ZFR) is pleased to announce that it has closed the previously announced private placement to ...
View ArticleGeorox retains Renmark Financial Communications Inc. for investor relations
Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Georox Resources Inc. ("Georox") has signed an agreement with Renmark Financial Communications ("Renmark") to retain their services for the investor ...
View ArticleSilver Wheaton completes definitive agreement with Vale S.A. and definitive...
Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Silver Wheaton Corp. ("Silver Wheaton" or the "Company") (TSX: SLW) (NYSE: SLW) is pleased to announce that, further to the press release ...
View ArticleSilvercrest continues to beef up Santa Elena
latest drill results from its Santa Elena project in Mexico. First there was the extension of the El Cholugo zone. Second the company identified a new sub-parallel zone dubbed El Cholugo Dos, and ...
View ArticleMINING PEOPLE Canada Lithium Coalspur Exeter Goldcorp and Mahdia Gold
. in Vancouver. A registered professional geologist, he worked in the industry for a decade before becoming a mining analyst for an investment dealer. Former president and CEO Bruce Roxburgh will ...
View ArticleGOLD-COPPER Fjordland Serengeti consolidate properties to create Milligan West
have consolidated their adjoining Milligan South (100% Fjordland) and Mil (65% Serengeti and 35% Fjordland) into a single 50:50 joint venture to be known as Milligan West. The property is located 160 ...
View ArticleA Drilling Dream Deferred Shell Suspends Arctic Drilling Program
Greenpeace USA Executive Director. "Shell was supposed to be the best of the best, but the long list of mishaps and near-disasters is a clear indication even the 'best' companies ...
View ArticleNew finance chief for Rio as big mining shuffle goes on
The changing of the guard continued in the FTSE 100 mining industry as Rio Tinto appointed Chris Lynch, a former finance head at BHP Billiton, as its chief financial ...
View ArticleFreeport McMoRan thinking to issue more debt to fund energy deals
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – New York-listed miner Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold on Thursday said it was looking at issuing senior notes in a private placement to help fund its acquisition ...
View ArticleMAC and CRS propose amendments to new rail freight Act
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The Canadian Coalition of Rail Shippers (CRS) and the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) on Thursday proposed six amendments to the House of Commons Standing ...
View ArticleUranium Energy announces maiden inferred resource at Texas project
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – New York-listed Uranium Energy on Thursday announced an inferred resource estimate for its Burke Hollow in-situ recovery (ISR) project, located in Bee County, ...
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