Major Drilling Group campaigns against Quebec mining regime change
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Canadian drill equipment and services provider Major Drilling on Wednesday campaigned against a possible change in Quebec’s mining regime, saying decisions to ...
View ArticleConsol halts Blacksville No 2 mine operations due to fire
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – US fossil-fuels producer Consol Energy on Wednesday said it had halted production from its Blackville No 2 mine, in Pennsylvania, after smoke was on Monday seen ...
View ArticleGoldcorp prices $1.5bn notes offering
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Senior miner Goldcorp on Wednesday priced a $1.5-billion offering of senior unsecured notes, consisting of a $500-million principal amount of 2.125% notes due March ...
View ArticlePatagonia Gold progresses with Argentina project ramp up
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Toronto-and London-listed Patagonia Gold on Wednesday said its Lomada de Leiva main heap leach project, in Santa Cruz province of Argentina was on target to achieve ...
View ArticleWorlds best coal shovellers hail from Tasmania
Tasmania is home to more than wee devils, it's also the land of the world's best coal shovellers. Australian Mal Woods was the big winner in both the singles and doubles competition ...
View ArticleJapanese miner building rare earth recovery plant in the Phillipines
announced Monday it will build a scandium recovery pilot plant in the Phillipines. The rare earth element plant will be built later this year on the southwestern Palawan Island, where the ...
View ArticleShare market reverses on mining falls
employment figures showing Australia's labour market is much stronger than most economists forecast.BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto had both dropped more than 2 per cent, and Fortescue Metals was ...
View ArticleChinas gold reserves stand at 1054 tons
/enpproperty--> BEIJING -- Vice governor of the People's Bank of China Yi Gang said Wednesday that the country's gold reserves now stand at 1,054 tons, adding that a massive increase is ...
View ArticleUK Seabed Resources joins deep-ocean mineral-mining rush
A deep sea mission of genuine exploration 14:59 UK time, Saturday, 23 February 2013 Now back on dry land after covering work on the research ship James Cook in the Caribbean, I'm ...
View ArticleWeakness mining for tapeworm drugs
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Tapeworm parasites have had their genetic code mined for weaknesses in an effort by an ...
View ArticleCongo halts oil exploration in Virunga Park
The government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has suspended the highly controversial oil exploration programme in the unique Virunga National Park, a World Heritage ...
View ArticleChilean mining investment to top $100B
Investment in Chile's mining sector is set to exceed $100 billion over the next 12 years and about half will go into boosting copper production, mainstay of the Latin American country's ...
View ArticleChinas ten biggest steel produc...
China's steel industry is the biggest in the world, producing 45.7 percent of global output from January to April and importing a record 210 million tonnes of iron ore over the same period. But ...
View ArticleRiverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits...
Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling NEW YORK - August 8 - At a press conference with Queens City Councilman Gennaro today, ...
View ArticleThe Real News Network Shock Doctrine Opens Way for Oil Drilling
Naomi Klein on disaster capitalism August 18 - In the most recent segment of his interview, The Real News senior editor Paul Jay discusses disaster capitalism with Naomi Klein, author of The Shock ...
View ArticleWild Planet Adventures 12-Day Borneo Exploration Showcases Wildlife Sighting...
Wildlife viewing specialist Wild Planet Adventures (WPA) spent five years creating the best possible opportunities to see rare and exotic wildlife in a destination facing some of the fastest ...
View ArticleNew high grade nickel results from infill drilling programme at the Araguaia...
Brazil is pleased to announce further positive results from the on-going infill resource drilling programme at its 100% owned Araguaia nickel project ('Araguaia') in Para State, north ...
View ArticleRecurrent Cardiac Events In Heart Attack Patients Not Reduced By High-Dose...
vitamins and minerals do not exhibit a significant reduction in recurrent cardiac events, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. ...
View ArticleHochschild Mining’s net profit attributable net profit plummets in 2012
During a conference call with analysts Wednesday, Hochschild CFO Roman Barua noted that net profit dropped from US$268.9 million in 2011 to US$128.6 million last year. Attributable net profit plunged ...
View ArticleChina resources firms eye tie-ups Africa for growth – BOCI
SINGAPORE - Resource-hungry Chinese firms eager for a slice of Africa's mineral wealth are opting for joint ventures over mergers and acquisitions to limit costs in the face of fragile global ...
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