HudBay Minerals bets big with Constancia project as rivals pull back
Both analysts and investors say they would like the company to sell a stake in Constancia to share the risk of the mine, which will start up in 2014. (HudBay ...
View ArticleShanghai Futures Exchange expected to add after-hours trading this yea...
The Shanghai Futures Exchange, the country's leading commodities market, is expected to launch after-hours trading before the end of the year, in a critical step to gain a foothold in global ...
View ArticleChinas spot alumina price slips Yuan 10mt on weak sentiment
China's spot alumina price ex-works Henan slipped Yuan 10/mt ($1.60/mt) Thursday to Yuan 2,610/mt for up to 30% credit payment terms, on the back of prevailing weak market sentiment, industry ...
View ArticleWisconsin Legislature OKs mining bill setting stage for mine near Lake Superior
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa chairman Mike Wiggins Jr. promised an "all-out effort" to stop an iron ore mine near the tribe's reservation on Thursday, March 7, 2013, in ...
View ArticleYukon Gold reality series debuts on television
Yukon Gold " — a 10-part series of one-hour episodes — follows four mining crews in the country's northwestern territory as they scour the landscape for the precious metal. The ...
View ArticleWhy one-third of mining juniors are running on fumes
Over 600 mining mining juniors in Canada do not have enough working capital to keep them running through the next 12 months, according to a report released by Prospectors & Development ...
View ArticleMining gold from headscarves
A cashier, Rita Wahyuni, opened a locked door with a sign saying "Laki Laki Dilarang Masuk" (No Men Allowed) in front of beauty salon Moz5 in West Jakarta one afternoon, when a woman ...
View ArticleBills would curb aggregate mining on high-value farm land
MITCH LIES Capital PressSALEM -- Farmers and aggregate miners are waging a dispute in the Legislature over whether mining should be allowed on high-value farm ground and, if so, under what ...
View ArticleMining manufacturer cuts more jobs
Queensland mining manufacturer CQMS Razer will slash another 60 jobs next week, building on the workforce reductions it made late last year. The Fraser Coast Chronicle reports while the company is ...
View ArticleCoal workers accept 3yr wage deal offered by Colombias Cerrejon
BOGOTA – Workers at Colombia's biggest coal exporter, Cerrejon, have accepted a three-year salary offer, paving the way for the signing of a final deal on Friday to end a month-long ...
View ArticleChina Jan copper imports down 28 on year on reduced demand Antaike
Reduced demand from importers who use copper as collateral for borrowing money, as well as poor arbitrage trade opportunities, trimmed China's January refined copper imports, Beijing Antaike, ...
View ArticleChinas rare earths exports sluggish from low demand
China's export of rare earth minerals remains sluggish due to declining demand, reports ProEdgeWire. In January, the country shipped 1,092 tonnes of the minerals which was 38% less than in 2012 ...
View ArticleLow-cost uranium recovery from phosphates confirmed
confirmedTuesday the viability and profitability of uranium extraction as a by-product from phosphate fertilizer production, as a result of an independent pre-feasibility level engineering study of ...
View ArticlePeru predicted to be South Americas first major uranium producer
Canadian-based junior minerMacusani Yellowcake Inc. (TSX-V: YEL) says Peru could become a major source of uranium in five or six years once it starts production in the country's southeast, ...
View ArticleStrike ends at Columbian coal giant Cerrejon
Reuters reports striking union workers at Colombia's biggest coal producer accepted a three-year contract offer Thursday ending a month-long strike. Workers chose a three-deal because the ...
View ArticleGalaxys Jiangsu Plant achieves 99.9 purity lithium carbonate
commands 20%-30% price premium to battery grade lithium carbonate Provides potential to extend market base to electrolyte manufacturers Battery Grade (99.5% purity) lithium carbonate will ...
View ArticleLiquidity fears weigh on James River Coal despite cost cuts
James River Coal said it slashed production and cut jobs over the past few months to cope with weak demand and rising costs, but analysts reckon the company might still run out of cash in a few ...
View ArticleDrone startups woo stretched miners for survey work
, who heads the unmanned aerial vehicles project office for the US Geological Survey, said mapping with drones can be much cheaper than traditional aerial surveys. "It may cost $2 000/h to ...
View ArticleThe mining tax court challenge explained
Fortescue Metals' controversial challenge to the Federal Government's mining tax began this week in the High Court. But there is a possibility that the case may backfire on mining ...
View ArticleTech titans crucial to next wave of space exploration
The O'Neilleans are coming.In the 1970s, fed up with government bureaucracy, the Princeton University physicist and space advocate Gerard K. O'Neill became convinced that free enterprise ...
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