Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Declares Cash Dividend on Preferred Shares
March 20, 2013 /CNW/ - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company's 7.00% Series A Mandatory...
View ArticleUtah Schoolchildren Asked To Celebrate Fossil Fuels And Mining On Earth Day
Earth Day is April 22, and today is the last day children in Utah can send in their submissions for the state-sponsored Earth Day poster contest lauding fossil fuel production. This year’s theme is ...
View ArticleCanada Lithium reports environmental scare at Quebec project
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Quebec-focused project developer Canada Lithium on Wednesday said became aware of a clear water discharge from a storage cell within the tailings storage facility at its...
View ArticleProduction on the rise at Veris Golds Nevada mine
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – TSX-listed Veris Gold on Wednesday reported the second consecutive quarter of steady state production at its flagship Jerritt Canyon mine, in Nevada, doubling year-on-year...
View ArticlePolitical infighting may be behind latest Oyu Tolgoi delay
No date has been set for world number two miner Rio Tinto (LON:ASX) and the government of Mongolia to sit down and thrash out a new deal for the controversial Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine. Earlier...
View ArticleNevsun Resources’ 2012 profit shrinks on track to switch to copper
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Eritrea-focused gold miner Nevsun Resources on Wednesday reported 2012 full-year profit of $246.7-million, down 1.6% from $250.03-million in 2011. Net income attributable...
View ArticleKlondex Mines expands operations investor outreach teams
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Northern Nevada gold exploration and development company Klondex Mines on Wednesday bolstered its operations team at its flagship Fire Creek mine, and appointed an investor...
View ArticleChile port strike blocks some of Codelcos copper shipments
SANTIAGO – Codelco, the world's No 1 copper producer, has been unable to export some metal from its massive mines due to a strike by port workers in northern Chile, the company said on Wednesday....
View ArticleVale set to resume coal shipments from Mozambique after halt
SAO PAULO - Vale, the world's No 2 mining company, is set to resume shipments on a number of coal contracts from Mozambique after heavy rain forced to halt shipments on February 15, according to a...
View ArticleCanadian aboriginals sue Rio Tinto unit for C$900m
Two Canadian aboriginal communities have filed a C$900-million lawsuit against a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, saying on Wednesday that more than a half century of iron-ore mining has disrupted their...
View ArticleJudge says Washington County drilling lawsuit is public record
A judge in Washington County said the public has the right to see a sealed settlement between gas drilling companies and a family that claimed the drilling operations damaged their ...
View ArticleCanAlaska Adopts Advance Notice Policy
March 20, 2013 /CNW/ - CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (TSX - CVV) ("CanAlaska" or the "Company") has adopted an Advance Notice Policy (the "Policy") for the purpose of providing shareholders, directors and...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Sprott Zijin Mining to set up $500 mln mining fund
Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:31pm EDT By Shounak Dasgupta March 20 (Reuters) - Canadian asset manager Sprott Inc and Chinese gold miner Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd said on Wednesday they have agreed to set up an...
View ArticleNational Briefing | Mid-Atlantic Pennsylvania Pact Reached on Fuel Drilling
Some of the nation’s biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to voluntary standards for the hydraulic fracturing drilling process in the Northeast. Drilling and...
View ArticleBatista takes another blow as his iron ore firm records massive loss
reported a much-higher-than-expected $400 million loss on Wednesday adding to the financial woes of theBrazilian billionaire. The six publicly-listed companies under his control have all experienced...
View ArticleUS opens up more areas in Gulf of Mexico for oil gas drilling
The US government on Wednesday put more than 38 million acres (about 15 million hectares) of tracts in the central Gulf of Mexico up for bid to offshore energy producers, local media reported.Fifty-two...
View ArticlePeru Mining Group Says Development to Become More Expensive
Peru's mining sector will likely continue to see rising costs, making it more expensive for companies to develop projects in the Andean country, the National Mining, Oil and Energy Society, or SNMPE,...
View ArticleChina crackdown on property market sends iron ore price sliding
THE price of iron ore has dropped to its lowest level since mid-December, following a slump in steel prices after China tightened property restrictions. Standard Bank analyst Melinda Moore said the...
View ArticleIndonesia aims to produce 391 mil mt of coal in 2013 up 1 on year
The Indonesian government has set a 2013 coal production target of 391 million mt, up 1% from output last year, according to Edi Prasodjo, the coal director at the directorate for minerals and coal...
View ArticleIndia hopes to complete three key coal rail links in 2017 - minister
India hopes to commission three major railway lines in 2017 to move coal from existing and planned mines of Coal India Limited (COAL.NS), the minister of state for coal said, which the state-run miner...
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