Zimbabwe SA Mining Woes Spur Zim Platinum
Zimbabwe is set to benefit from emerging challenges in South Africa's platinum mining sector following recent announcements by the metal's largest producer, Anglo-American Platinum ...
View ArticleFitch Withdraws Tuscany International Drilling Inc.s Expected Bond Rating
UK Bank Swap Mis-selling Manageable, Conduct Risks High The costs for redress of the mis-selling of interest-rate hedging products (IRHP) should be manageable for UK banks but will dent their net ...
View ArticleAfrica versus Global mining activities
For a continent that gets much of its foreign exchange from the export of raw materials, it is surprising how small Africa's mining sector still is today on a global scale: just 10% of the ...
View ArticleU.K. to join race for potash supply
announced it is moving forward with its plans to develop a vast potash mine in the U.K., posed to be one of the world's largest deposits of the commodity. The $2.7 billion (1.7bn) York Potash ...
View ArticleWill Deep-sea Mining Yield an Underwater Gold Rush
Scientists have known about the bounty for decades, but only recently has rising demand for such commodities sparked interest in actually surfacing it. The treasure doesn't lie in the holds of ...
View ArticleInvestors losing confidence in copper miner Antofagasta
The company said higher power bills and poorer metal grades at its Esperanza and Los Pelambres mines were to blame for both the upcoming fall in copper and gold output and the increase in production ...
View ArticleMining executives to discuss innovation imperative to secure industrys future
Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC) will once again bring together senior decision makers, experts and leaders from the mining industry, academia and government at its second annual Signature ...
View ArticleNevada Geothermal Power Inc. Announces Domenic Falcone Stepping Down as Director
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. is an experienced renewable energy producer focusing on the development of CLEAN electrical power from high temperature geothermal resources in the United States. NGP ...
View ArticleSerious lack of coal supply for Eskom – Roadmap
The current coal supplies to State electricity utility Eskom will decline rapidly after 2015, when existing large-scale mines' suppliers reach the end of their lives and require ...
View ArticleRioZim fights gold mine seizure by Mugabe allies
from Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, took control of its Renco gold mine, 300 km south of Harare, two weeks ago. "Minister Mzembi arrived at the mine... He called a public meeting and announced ...
View ArticleEskom delivers pact framework to coal miners
State-owned electricity group Eskom has handed over a draft framework agreement to its four main coal suppliers outlining the details of a possible compact aimed as containing the future cost of ...
View ArticleBHP Billiton donates $500 000 for Moz flood relief
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – BHP Billiton donated $500 000 to the Mozambique Red Cross to assist with humanitarian disaster relief following the recent floods in Mozambique. The ...
View ArticleEarths Mantle Causes Geological Facelift In Appalachian Mountain Basin
Appalachian Mountains looks vastly different from its surroundings, leading a team of US researchers to conclude that the location had undergone a transformation they refer to as a "geological ...
View ArticleTerrorists allegedly leading protests against Canadian miner in Peru
prior consultation law " to Canadian miner Candente Copper's (TSX: DNT) Caariaco project in the country's north. The law, passed by congress in 2011, ...
View ArticleNew Academy for Mine Workers Training
The West Australian reports that after the agreement between a mining contractor, an education company and the State Government, the plan to build an academy for mine workers training at the Muresk ...
View ArticleBrixton Metals Enters into Definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement
Feb. 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce that, further to its news release issued ...
View ArticleBolivia mining town erects huge statue of Virgin
In 2000, my wife spent hours glazing and firing a large scale nativity which for years was under the tree or most recently decorating the front of the house we have called home for the past four ...
View ArticleNorthcliff appoints new directors president
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Toronto-listed Northcliff Resources on Friday said it has Marchand Snyman and David Copeland to the company's board, effective January 31, and Snyman has also ...
View ArticleRio Tinto faces tough talks in Mongolia over giant mine
ULAN BATOR/MELBOURNE – Rio Tinto faces tough negotiations next week in Mongolia, where the government is under pressure to plug a budget deficit and increase its share of the wealth from the ...
View ArticleGoldhofer takes over SCHOPF Group
Stuttgart -based SCHOPF Group. The Group includes SCHOPF Maschinenbau and SCHOPF ROFAN, which together have a workforce of about 160 employees.SCHOPF has a range of ...
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