Gold price gives up all its gains on profit-taking
pledge by the Federal Reserve to continue its quantitative easing program. In lunchtime trade April gold futures exchanged hands for $1,660 an ounce, down more $20 as traders made the most of ...
View ArticleCoalspur Mines Limited - December 2012 Quarterly Report
Jan. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - Coalspur Mines Limited ("Coalspur" or "Company") (ASX: CPL, TSX: CPT) is pleased to present its quarterly report for the three months ...
View ArticleSarama Resources Announces Grant of Stock Options
Jan. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of Sarama Resources Ltd. ("Sarama" or the "Company") has granted 1,005,000 options to 11 employees, directors and officers of the ...
View ArticleAugustas Rosemont Copper Project Receives Air Quality Permit
Jan. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - Augusta Resource Corporation (TSX/NYSE MKT: AZC) ("Augusta" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has received the Air Quality Permit for its ...
View ArticleWhy Dont We Spend More On Exploring The Oceans Rather Than On Space Exploration
I'm one hundred and twenty miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico right now, working on installing seafloor equipment for an oil project. No one spends more time exploring the deepest oceans than ...
View ArticleForbes Earnings Preview Diamond Offshore Drilling
when the company reports its fourth quarter results on Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of $1.10 after the company booked a profit of $1.36 a share a year earlier. ...
View ArticleConsol beats Q4 earnings expectations on effective cost containment
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – US-based coal and gas producer Consol Energy beat analyst estimates for its fourth-quarter earnings despite lower coal sales and lower prices, as its focus on cost ...
View ArticleTop potash producers pay $100m to settle antitrust claims
(NYSE:MOS) - have settled anti-trust claims in the US without admitting any wrongdoing. Potash Corp and Mosaic will each pay around $44 million, while Agrium agreed to a $10 million payment. ...
View ArticleAthabasca Uranium announces private placement appointment to the Board
Jan. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - Athabasca Uranium Inc. ("Athabasca" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an engagement letter regarding a brokered private ...
View ArticleP.M. Kitco Metals Roundup Gold Ends Solidly Lower ahead of Key U.S. Jobs...
Gold prices ended the U.S. day session sharply lower and gave back all of Thursday's solid gains. The selling pressure Thursday could not be attributed to any major, single fundamental factor. ...
View ArticleCanada Lithium on track for first shipment in March
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Quebec project developer Canada Lithium on Thursday said commissioning of the mineral processing sections of the process plant continued on schedule with ...
View ArticleUS seeks to sanction firms disguising Iranian oil shipments
SINGAPORE – The US will target companies that help disguise Iranian oil shipments to skirt Western sanctions, a State Department official said, as Washington steps up the pressure on Tehran to ...
View ArticlePotash Corp sees slow recovery in 2013 shares dip
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan forecast a modest rebound in earnings for 2013, with key importers in China and eventually India resuming purchases of the crop nutrient potash, but the company's ...
View ArticlePakistans Balochistan Minerals militants and meddling
Balochistan is Pakistan's largest province in terms of size, and its smallest in terms of population. The province has always been seen as occupying a geo-strategic position. It has the ...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC Mining in Ontario A dependable engine of growth
As Ontario continues to recover from the 2008 economic downturn, the province's mining industry continues to be an engine of growth. By harnessing the natural resources that it contains, Ontario ...
View ArticleCHRG Metals moves to new larger Houston facility
CHRG Metals, a Houston-based division of Alabama-based ONeal Steel Inc., is relocating its operations to a new, larger facility in northwest Houston. The new facility has 34,000 square feet of ...
View ArticleTembec mill upgrade may benefit from mining pullback
Tembec Inc. says a pullback in metal prices that prompted mining companies to slow down huge expansion projects in Quebec could help reduce mounting construction costs for the "game ...
View ArticleUranium mining bill dies in Senate panel
Today's action dealt a severe blow to Virginia Uranium Inc.'s years-long effort to get the mining ban lifted. A companion bill remains in the House, but its prospects appear dim even if it ...
View ArticleStar - Orion South Diamond Project revised EIS responses submitted to...
President Exploration and Development of Shore Gold Inc. ("Shore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that responses have been prepared for the 82 comments and information ...
View ArticleDNI announces drill results from 2012 drilling and advances the new Buckton...
Jan. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - DNI Metals Inc. (DNI:TSX-Ven, DG7:FSE) announces that it has concluded review of analytical results recently received relating to its 2012 drill programs over the Buckton and ...
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