Aboriginal rock art at risk from mining – interactive map
significant deposit in a remote tropical Australian mountain range near sandstone galleries holding some of the oldest and most spectacular rock art on the planetDrag the slider to switch between ...
View ArticleAfrican gold junior down 20 percent
Banro Corportion (TSX:BAA), a Canadian gold company operating in Democratic Republic of the Congo, lost 21.59% today ending at $1.79. Its 52-week range is $1.73 to $5.48. On Wednesday it announced ...
View ArticleChinas Lunar Exploration Program
China had collected all the data needed to draw its first full map of the moon surface and was almost done with the mapping work, Sun Jiadong, the chief designer of the country's Chang'e -1 ...
View ArticleVena Enters into Letter of Intent to Option the Esquilache Pucara and...
March 8, 2013 /CNW/ - Vena Resources Inc. ("Vena" or the "Company") (TSX: VEM), (LIMA: VEM), (Frankfurt: V1RA), (OTC-BB: VNARF), (Xetra: V1RA.DE) announces that the Company has ...
View ArticleMining stocks help market to strong close
Australia Mining stocks have lifted the share market to a higher close, as China's latest trade figures pointed to strong global demand.The All Ordinaries added 14 points to 5,138 and the ASX ...
View ArticleChina Feb copper imports fall 15.1 on lunar break
HONG KONG - China's monthly imports of copper dived 15.1% in February to their lowest in 20 months, as importers cut term shipments to avoid the Lunar New Year holiday, and cumulative January ...
View ArticleLawmakers finally enact bill to bring iron ore mining back to Wisconsin
Senate Bill One, also known as the Wisconsin Mining Bill, will be signed into law by Wisconsin's governor early next week, paving the way for Gogebic Taconite's big iron ore ...
View ArticleIron-ore heads for third weekly fall as Chinese buyers cautious
SINGAPORE - Iron-ore prices were stead on Friday but were on track for a third consecutive week of losses as well-stocked Chinese steel mills mostly kept their hands off spot cargoes with steel ...
View ArticleWhitehaven takes full ownership of Vickery South
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Coal miner Whitehaven Coal has taken full ownership of the Vickery South project, in the Gunnedah basin, after acquiring Itochu Corporation’s remaining interest ...
View ArticleRenaissance adds to Okvau resource base
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Renaissance Minerals has reported a Joint Ore Reserves Committee compliant resource for its Okvau deposit, in Cambodia, of 15.6-million tons at 2.4 g/t, ...
View ArticleWestern Areas secures A$125m loan facility
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Nickel miner Western Areas on Friday told shareholders that it had executed a A$125-million revised loan facility that both extended and enlarged its existing loan ...
View ArticleBoonanarring delivers for Image
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified mineral explorer Image Resources has increased the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Jorc) resource at its Boonanarring heavy mineral deposit by some 80%. ...
View ArticleMining bull run to return in the second half of the decade - Mohr
While Scotia Capital commodity expert Patricia Mohr believes that base metal prices are likely to go lower over the course of the next two years, the following five should prove ...
View ArticleFebruary production down at Mintails
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – South Africa-focused Mintails on Friday told shareholders that it had lost some 20 kg, or 650 oz of gold from its Mogale operation, near Johannesburg, after a ...
View ArticleA$1.58bn Giffen Well iron project deemed economically viable
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – A preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for iron-ore developer WPG Resources’ Giffen Well project, in South Australia, has proven the project to be economically ...
View ArticleMPRDA detrimental to SA’s mining industry
The ability of a listed company to raise funds on the stock exchange is crucial in the mining industry, where huge capital is required to develop projects and construct mines, asserts law firm Edward ...
View ArticleTropical cyclone forms off Australias east coast
SYDNEY - A tropical cyclone that has formed 1,000 km (600 miles) off Australia's northeast coast is likely head further out to sea, Australia's weather bureau said on Friday, sparing the ...
View ArticleAus now top LNG exporter to Japan
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Australia has exceeded Qatar and Malaysia as the largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the world’s largest buyer, Japan, for the first time, market ...
View ArticleAnglo denies silicosis liability to defend actions
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Anglo American South Africa (AASA) confirmed on Friday that it had been served with a silicosis class action application by the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), ...
View ArticleContinental Coal receives final settlement concludes Mashala deal
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ASX- and Aim-listed Continental Coal on Friday said the $10-million sale of its shareholding in the Vanadium and Magnetite Exploration and Development Company ...
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