Leicester Geoscience Student Wins MICROMINE Bursary Award
www.micromine.com ): LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 6 March 2013: Leading provider of intuitive software solutions to the mining and exploration industry, MICROMINE (UK), has awarded a 1,000 bursary to an ...
View ArticleModern day diamond ring shopping try it on your smartphone first
launched an iTunes app that allow users to virtually try on different rings until they find "the perfect match." Using a photograph of the final user's hand, customers can try the ...
View ArticleAuction in Johannesburg ZAF Featuring More than 320 Mining Equipment Items
On March 27, Ritchie Bros. will conduct an unreserved auction in Johannesburg, ZAF featuring more than 320 mining equipment items. Equipment highlights include: 95 rock trucks (incl. Caterpillar ...
View ArticleCommodities supercycle will last another 15 years JP Morgan
JPM Natural Resources Fund manager Neil Gregson is confident that a "third great [commodities] supercycle is underway." The basic idea is that the emerging world still has a lot of ...
View ArticleAustralia shares seen higher on firm data metals prices
SYDNEY, March 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares are seen opening higher on Friday after the Dow Jones Industrial average hit a record high on the back of economic data, with major miners set to rise ...
View ArticleCouncil website illustrates the story of gold
World Gold Council launched a new website telling the story of gold through an interactive set of facts, videos and maps about the precious yellow ...
View ArticleStarfield Resources Inc. Files a Notice of Intention to Make a Proposal under...
March 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Starfield Resources Inc. (TSX:SRU) ("Starfield", the "Company") today announced that, with the authorization and approval of its board of directors, ...
View ArticleGreat Western Minerals Group files mineral resource estimate on...
March 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. ("GWMG" or the "Company", TSX-V: GWG) today announced that has filed its previously announced National Instrument 43-101 ...
View ArticleGoldcorp holds Investor Day
Goldcorp is one of the world's fastest growing senior gold producers. Its low-cost gold production is located in safe jurisdictions in the Americas and remains 100% unhedged. Cautionary ...
View ArticleCapstone Upgrades Copper Mineral Resource Classification in Footwall Zone at...
March 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Capstone Mining Corp. ("Capstone") (TSX: CS) today announced the results of an updated National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") compliant mineral resource ...
View ArticleFirst Quantums annual profit hit by lower copper prices
told a familiar story during an annual report on its 2012 fiscal year: falling average realized copper prices and rising operating costs had taken a toll on the company's bottom line. There was ...
View ArticleENGINEERS Look west for jobs
. On a national basis, expansion demand is expected to create an additional 16,000 jobs for engineers by 2020. Virtually all of these jobs will be west of Quebec, with the bulk of them in Alberta ...
View ArticleGOLD Strike updates work at Edwards mine
of Toronto continues at its Edwards gold mine, 50 km east of Wawa. The area of interest is the 60-metre level of the Edwards No.1 quartz vein. One lift has been completed resulting in approximately ...
View ArticlePHOSPHATE Lac a Paul resource grows to 590M tonnes
of Saguenay, QC, says the latest estimate of measured and indicated resources for the Paul zone at its Lac a Paul project in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean has risen to 590 million tonnes grading 7.13% ...
View ArticleFAREWELL Stompin Tom Connors
A Canadian icon and true original, folk entertainer Stompin' Tom Connors passed away on March 6. He leaves behind a legacy of songs that celebrate this country's smallest and most vibrant ...
View ArticleGold Wesdome to suspend work at Kiena mine
is suspending mining at the Kiena mine in Val d'Or by June 30, 2013. Decreasing recovered grades, persistent industry cost pressures, and uncertainty in the Canadian dollar gold price are to ...
View ArticleMining shares send SA stocks higher
Johannesburg - South African stocks ended higher on Thursday as gold mining shares surged thanks to a weaker rand and growing views that the sector is in an oversold ...
View ArticleBad River tribe responds to mining bill
Madison -- The chairman of the Bad River tribe vowed Thursday to use "every avenue of resistance" to oppose a proposed iron mine upstream from the reservation of his Ojibwe band. In a ...
View ArticlePeru to become significant uranium producer in five to six years
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Peru has the potential to become a significant uranium supplier within five to six years, when exploration junior Macusani Yellowcake (YEL) starts production from ...
View ArticleWisconsin Assembly passes sweeping mining bill
MADISON, Wis. -; The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a polarizing mining bill backed by Republicans, completing a two-year push to help a company dig a giant iron mine near Lake ...
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