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Strikes hit Q4 platinum and iron ore output of Anglo American
LONDON - Hit by series of labour strikes in South Africa, global mining major Anglo American has reported a drop in fourth quarter production of platinum, iron ore as also nickel, the last largely ...
View ArticleIron ore seen weak on lean Chine...
Spot iron ore prices may be headed for more weakness this week amid lean demand from top buyer China, although expectations of tight supplies during the first quarter should keep losses in check. ...
View ArticleBishops take up mining elections in ongoing assembly
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma. Photo from http://www.cbcponline.net/ MANILA, Philippines--The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines opened its semi-annual plenary assembly in Manila on ...
View ArticleMarket leak forces Northland’s hand as iron ore mine costs balloon
Northland Resources has known about a $425 million cost-overrun on its Kaunisvaara iron ore project since early December and planned to solve it behind closed doors using a strategy of containment. ...
View ArticleIHT Rendezvous Mining the Deep Sea and Outer Space for a Mineral Bonanza
LONDON — Whatever happened to manganese nodules?As newly announced plans to mine the mineral wealth of asteroids generate a mixture of excitement and skepticism, it is worth recalling the fate ...
View ArticleNew Tool for Mining Bacterial Genome for Novel Drugs
-; Vanderbilt biochemists have discovered that the process bacteria undergo when they become drug resistant can act as a powerful tool for drug ...
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 ArticleChina stainless steel demand to ...
Baosteel's stainless steel unit expects stainless steel consumption in China to grow 5 to 7 percent per year over the next five to 10 years, Lou Dingbo, president of the unit, said on Tuesday. ...
View ArticleChinas coal imports up 29.8 in 2012
China saw its coal imports grow 29.8% YoY to 290 million metric tons in 2012, according to the latest statistics released by the General Administration of Customs. According to the statistic, ...
View ArticleChina to coordinate annual coal supply contracts Jan 15-18
The China Coal Trade and Development Association said Wednesday it would hold the annual coal supply contracts coordination conference for 2013 in Haikou City of Hainan Province on January 15-18. ...
View ArticleMining efforts continue at Mount St. Helens
During the last 30 years, mining interests have tried and failed to kick-start mining efforts on 900 acres just outside the boundary of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Ultimately, ...
View ArticleSHFE copper advances in post-holiday trading
Chinese copper futures rose last week after the US government passed legislation to avoid the US's so-called "fiscal cliff" and gained further on positive economic data out of China ...
View ArticleChinas zinc concs output growth to slow to 10-15 in 2013 Antaike
China's production of zinc concentrate is expected to increase by 10-15% this year, compared with a 21% year-on-year jump in 2012, Beijing Antaike, the state-run nonferrous metals consultancy ...
View ArticleNickel pig iron output to rise 25 as costs decline
China's nickel pig iron output in 2013 may rise 25 percent more than previously forecast as costs decline, curbing nickel imports, Japan's top producer of the metal said. China's ...
View ArticleDrilling Report January 17
The drilling report was produced with data from the Texas Railroad Commission, from January 13 to 19. The following counties were searched: Anderson, Angelina, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Dallas, Ellis, ...
View ArticleBPs Libya Drilling On Hold-Report
Plans for BP to begin drilling for oil and gas in Libya are in serious doubt in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on its gas production plant in neighboring Algeria, the Sunday Telegraph ...
View ArticleTactics strategies and power in SA mining
North West - If the Marikana commission of inquiry highlighted anything this week, it was the intricate tactical moves within labour relations and its legal frameworks, and the power relations ...
View ArticleFocus On Fracking Diverts Attention From Horizontal Drilling
Opponents of fracking demonstrate during the Winter X Games 2012 in Aspen, Colo. Mention the recent surge in oil and natural gas production in the U.S. and one word comes to mind for a lot ...
View ArticleOrion Metals gets three gold and rare earths tenements in Western Australia
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Orion Metals (ORM) has secured three exploration licences in Western Australia that are prospective for gold and rare earth elements.The tenements are ...
View ArticleIraq inks oil exploration deal with Kuwait Energy
AFP © <p>Kuwaiti ambassador to Iraq Ali al-Momen (left) and Iraqi Oil Minister Abdelkarim al-Luaybi in Baghdad on January 27, 2013. Iraqi energy officials have sign an oil exploration deal ...
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