Sierra Minings shares on the rise
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Sierra Mining (ASX: SRM) continues to receive strong support from the market with the company's shares rising over 8% today to 0.335 intra-day, on big ...
View ArticleMedusa Mining adds two directors to the board
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Low cost gold miner Medusa Mining (LON:MML, ASX:MML) this morning announced the appointment of two new directors to its board.Geologist Gary Powell, who has ...
View ArticleAscot Resources begins coal resource drilling in Colombia
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Ascot Resources (ASX: AZQ), formerly Epic Resources, is on the road to defining a maiden JORC Resource at its 90% owned Carbones de Titiribi coal project in ...
View ArticleCyprus inks gas exploration agreement with Italys ENI S Koreas Kogas
(MENAFN) Cyprus Commerce Minister, Neoclis Sylikiotis, stated that his country inked a natural gas exploration agreement with a consortium consisting of Italy's ENI and South Korea's Kogas, ...
View ArticleStates with most gas drilling royalties
Estimates of gas drilling royalties paid to private landowners in 2010, according to the National Association of Royalty Owners, ranked in order of the top several states. Royalty payments change ...
View ArticleDrilling boom creates long lines in Tyler County
MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. -- A natural gas drilling boom is creating long lines at the Tyler County Courthouse. County Commission President John Stender tells The State Journal ...
View ArticleBillions in gas drilling royalties transform lives of a lucky few
Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a modest boost ...
View ArticleDevelopers struggle to balance exploration with native consultations
Glenn Nolan, president of the Prospectors &Developers Association of Canada, knows the importance of consulting native communities - he's a past chief of the Missanabie Cree. (Brent Linton ...
View ArticleSilicosis suit could crush S.Africas gold mining sector
AFP © <p>Striking miners from global mining giant AngloGold Ashanti in Carletonville stand on a hill on October 17, 2012. Thousands of ex-gold miners suffering from silicosis have launched ...
View ArticleOne mining firm unfazed by S. Africas troubles
AFP © <p>A small group of Anglo American Platinum workers who downed tools gather outside the Khomanani shaft on January 16, 2013, in Rustenburg. As mining firms appear to be rushing for ...
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 ArticleChina changes coal pricing syste...
A new coal pricing system in China will replace the National Development and Reforms Commission-set annual key coal contracts with mid- or long-term contracts negotiated between miners and power ...
View ArticleFraction of Rare Earths Export Quota Met in First 10 Months of 2012
China exported slightly only about one-third of its annual export quota for so-called rare earth minerals in the first 10 months of 2012. Some 11,312 tons were exported from the beginning of January ...
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 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 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 ArticleMining battle rages over postage stamp waterfront plot on Pender Island
This six-bedroom contemporary waterfront residence boasts an exclusive concrete dock and moorage for a 55' vessel. This sensational waterfront property is situated in an enclave of private ...
View ArticleCuriosity rover searches for drilling sites on Mars
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the patch of rock cleaned by the first use of the rover's Dust Removal Tool (DRT). The tool is ...
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