African Eagle reports progress at Dutwa project
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim- and JSE-listed African Eagle on Tuesday reported that the company had made "substantial advances" at its flagship Dutwa nickel project, in ...
View ArticleFirst Quantum lifts Q4 production by 26
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – London- and Toronto-listed miner First Quantum on Tuesday said it has lifted copper production by 26% during the fourth quarter ended December 31, as it mined ...
View ArticleInmet recommends shareholders reject First Quantum’s C$5.1bn offer
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Base-metals miner Inmet Mining on Tuesday asked its shareholders to reject the C$5.1-billion hostile offer by larger base-metals miner First Quantum Minerals on the ...
View ArticleFreeport eyes move into resource elite with energy buys
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's move into energy and gas will place the miner into a heavier weight class of resource companies and offers new opportunities for it to get even bigger, the ...
View ArticleCerrejon coal workers to decide on strike in Colombia by next week
BOGOTA – Workers for Colombia's largest coal exporter, Cerrejon, will decide whether to go on strike or send a wage dispute to an arbitration committee on January 29. Negotiations at ...
View ArticlePan American Silver output rises on Dolores mine addition
Pan American Silver Corp's fourth-quarter silver production rose 30%, and the Canadian miner expects higher silver output in 2013 following the acquisition of the Dolores mine in Mexico. The ...
View ArticleEvo Morales Highlights Progress of Bolivian Mining
La Paz, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales, announced today the contribution of the mining sector to the country''s fiscal accounts grew about 1,156 percent since 2006, ...
View ArticleNigeria realises N53.88bn from solid minerals
Solid minerals boosted the Federation Account by N53.88bn within a period of four years; an audit of the nation's solid mineral sector has ...
View ArticleCairn Fully Funded for Exploration Campaign
Independent oil and gas company Cairn Energy confirmed Tuesday that it is now fully funded to pursue all of its planned exploration and development after establishing a balanced portfolio of assets ...
View ArticlePacific Drilling Orders Eighth UDW Drillship
Pacific Drilling S.A. announced Tuesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary exercised an option to construct its eighth ultra-deepwater drillship with Samsung Heavy Industries. "We are extremely ...
View ArticleVantage Drilling Lines Up Gig for Tungsten Explorer
Tungsten Explorer (UDW drillship) to work in West Africa. The award is for a period of up to four years commencing in mid 2014. The contract has a minimum duration of two years, while the customer ...
View ArticleWisconsin Senate Democrat introduces own mining bill
MADISON, Wis. -- A Senate Democrat introduced his own legislation Tuesday to rework the state's mining regulations even as majority Republicans prepared to push their own plan. The GOP unveiled ...
View ArticleCompany making plans for asteroid mining
Hoping to take the commercialization of space to a higher level, a second company has jumped into what the founders hope will be a lucrative emerging market, prospecting for raw materials among ...
View ArticleInto deep space second U.S. firm takes aim at mining asteroids
1 of 4. Officials from Deep Space Industries announce their plans for the world's first fleet of commercial asteroid-prospecting spacecraft at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, California, ...
View ArticleMining asteroids to 3D-print space stations Beyond pie in the sky
New startup Deep Space Industries has big plans for those big floating space rocks in the next 10 years. Crave's Eric Mack searches for a new superlative to describe the ...
View ArticleAbitex Resources Provides Corporate Update
Jan. 22, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Abitex Resources Inc. (TSXV: ABE) (the "Company"; "Abitex") provides the following corporate update to its ...
View ArticleQuarterly Consolidated Gold Sales of US$16.6 Million for the Quarter Ended...
Jan. 22, 2013 /CNW/ - New Dawn Mining Corp. (TSX: ND) ("New Dawn" or the "Company"), a junior gold company focused on developing its gold mining assets and operations ...
View ArticleGoGold Resources Welcomes Mr. Terrence Cooper Q.C. to Board of Directors
Mr. Cooper has been practicing law in Nova Scotia for the past forty years. He served as a solicitor with the Nova Scotia Department of the Attorney General prior to co-founding the law firm of ...
View ArticleTUMI closes non-brokered private placement financing
Jan. 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Tumi Resources Limited (the "Company") (TSXV: TM) (OTCPK: TUMIF) (Frankfurt: TUY). The Company is pleased to announce that further to the Company's news release ...
View ArticleNewmont Provides Preliminary 2012 Operating Highlights and 2013 Outlook
Jan. 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) ("Newmont" or the "Company") announced preliminary attributable gold and copper production and costs applicable to ...
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