Britain announces investment plan for gas electricity network upgradi...
British energy regulator announced on Monday a huge investment plan worth of 24.2 billion pounds (39.2 billion U.S. dollars) to upgrade and renew infrastructure for electricity and gas networks in ...
View ArticleChinas coal output to top 3.7b tons
China's coal production will reach more than 3.7 billion tons this year despite sagging market demand, an industry chief has predicted. Although coal output, imports and stocks continue to ...
View ArticleChile approves Barricks Cerro Casale copper gold project
Environmental authorities in northern Chile Thursday approved plans by Barrick Gold to develop its Cerro Casale copper-gold mine. But the Canadian firm, the world's largest producer of the ...
View ArticleWhos afraid of a chicken Mining energy ranching
More Sun political news A looming threat to rural Nevada industries such as mining, energy and ranching turns out to be a real chicken. Although the number ...
View ArticleTime to end minings sweetheart deal
Every Nevadan knows the truth about our boom-and-bust gold mining heritage. When the gold is gone, the multinational mining corporations will decamp for untapped veins elsewhere, leaving behind ghost ...
View ArticlePerception and the reality of debate in South African mining
The reason for this, according to South Africa’s Deputy Minister for Mineral Resources is that the transition from apartheid to democracy has been based on consultation and ...
View ArticleImpact Minerals Invictus Gold to split Endeavour Minerals assets
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Impact Minerals (ASX: IPT) and 75% owned Invictus Gold (ASX: IVG) have reached agreement to separate the assets to be acquired as part of the planned ...
View ArticleRenaissance Minerals defines 1.2 million ounce gold resource at Cambodian...
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Renaissance Minerals (ASX:RNS) has defined a JORC gold resource of 1.2 million ounces at 2.4 grams per tonne (g/t) at its Okvau deposit in Cambodia.The ...
View ArticleMagnetic Resources steps on the gas at Ragged Rock drilling set to begin
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Magnetic Resources (ASX: MAU) is moving very quickly to begin drilling at its Ragged Rock Project in Western Australia next week to define the thickness, ...
View ArticleA diversified Van De Yacht Well Drilling marks 50 years
Leo Van De Yacht Well Drilling Inc. has spent most of its history providing drilling for new water wells, but over the last decade it has expanded its range of services, the company's owners tell ...
View ArticleNorwegian Energy Company Starts Drilling Lupin Prospect
Norwegian oil company Norwegian Energy Co. ASA (NOR.OS) said Monday that drilling of an exploration well on the Lupin prospect in the Norwegian North Sea has ...
View ArticleCalico Receives Extension of Time to Construct Grassy Mountain Water System
March 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Calico Resources Corp. (TSX-V: CKB, OTCQX: CVXHF) (the "Company" or "Calico") reports that it has received a 16 year extension of time to construct a ...
View ArticleRio Tinto’s miner dead four days before found
Australian miners and unions are outraged after hearing a Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) employee went missing for almost four days before he was found dead at a Western Australia's mine camp. ...
View ArticleKinross to shut down operations at its Chilean gold mine
Canadian Kinross Gold Corporation (TSE:K)(NYSE: KGC) has started closing up operations at its La Coipa gold and silver mine in northern Chile, by announcing a "partial ...
View ArticleFUN BREAK Solid gold LEGO brick sold for $15000
LEGO online store that post a pure gold brick for sale late last year, has finally found a consumer willing to pay the paltry sum of $15,000. According to the seller, the 25.65g-14K gold block was ...
View ArticleFocus Confirms Historical Drill Assays at Aurora and Samples 18.8 m 0.77 Cu...
March 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Focus Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: FCV) is pleased to announce assay results from the re-sampling of historical drill cores at its Aurora Cu-Mo project located in the Department of ...
View ArticleWhetstone announces drill results at Bembesi Goldfields project in Zimbabwe
March 11, 2013 /CNW/ - (TSXV - WMI) Whetstone Minerals Ltd. ("Whetstone") is pleased to report results from its preliminary scout drilling program completed at the Bembesi Goldfields ...
View ArticleExxaro hit by more strikes at South African coal mines
South Africa has been suspended as miners went on illegal strike, the company said.Five of the company's eight mines have now stopped production due to industrial action. Production stopped at ...
View ArticleTalvivaara board approves US$339M rights issue
Talvivaara Mining plc said its board had approved a EUR261 million (US$339 million) rights issue to strengthen its capital structure as operations at the company's ...
View ArticleDMR grants new-order mining right at Pandora JV
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum producer Lonmin on Monday said its application for the conversion of an old-order mining right to a new-order mining right at its Pandora joint ...
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