Chile approves Barricks Cerro C...
Environmental authorities in northern Chile Thursday approved plans by Barrick Gold to develop its Cerro Casale copper-gold mine. But the Canadian firm, the world's largest producer of the ...
View ArticleChina tops world in wind power hydropower capacity
China's installed capacities for wind power and hydropower have grown to the world's largest, said Liu Zhenya,president of the China Electricity Council (CEC), on Sunday. Liu said at a ...
View ArticleBritain announces investment plan for gas electricity network upgradi...
British energy regulator announced on Monday a huge investment plan worth of 24.2 billion pounds (39.2 billion U.S. dollars) to upgrade and renew infrastructure for electricity and gas networks in ...
View ArticleSHFE copper lifted by surprisingly strong trade data
Chinese metal futures held firm last week on surprisingly strong domestic export data as most other commodities fell. The April copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) rose 0.38 ...
View ArticleU.S. oil company ConocoPhillips to sell Algeria unit for 1.75 billion ...
U.S. energy company ConocoPhillips said on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to sell its business in Algeria to Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina for 1.75 billion ...
View ArticleChinese gold imports support yellow metals price
Gold prices gained 6.70 US dollars or 0.4 percent during the last week as the yellow metal's value was supported by Chinese gold imports which rose to a seven-month high in November 2012, said ...
View ArticleCNPCs overseas oil gas output remains high
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said Tuesday that combined oil and gas output in its overseas projects reached 50.35 million tonnes of oil equivalent this year as of December 17. It was ...
View ArticleChinas coal output to top 3.7b tons
China's coal production will reach more than 3.7 billion tons this year despite sagging market demand, an industry chief has predicted. Although coal output, imports and stocks continue to ...
View ArticleFunds raised to explore Chinas mineral deposits
China set aside 33 billion yuan (5.3 billion U.S. dollars) from central and provincial budgets by the end of 2011 for mine exploration, the natural resources watchdog said Monday. A Ministry of ...
View ArticleMining company defends link with high school
NSW A mining company has defended its involvement with a high school on the New South Wales Central Coast, amid concerns it is trying to influence the curriculum.NuCoal has agreed to provide ...
View ArticleDrilling Report February 3
The drilling report was produced with data from the Texas Railroad Commission, from January 20 to January 26. The following counties were searched: Anderson, Angelina, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Dallas, ...
View ArticleCoal exploration ‘fair process’ questioned
AN exploration licence over the Wybong area near Denman has effectively been granted to a coal company that paid more than $100 million in fees in advance to the former Labor ...
View ArticleManufacturing jobs go as mining cools
IT'S never been a better time to be a miner, builder or white collar professional, but new jobs figures show agriculture and manufacturing workers are in for another five years of ...
View ArticleDrilling at Gibb Maitland-1 Well Stops on Electrical Problems
New Standard Energy revealed Tuesday planning was finalized and operations started over the weekend to side track the Gibb Maitland-1 well from a depth of approximately 2,953 feet (900 meters) after ...
View ArticleSouthern Hemisphere Mining unlocking resource upside at Llahuin
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Southern Hemisphere Mining (ASX: SUH, TSX-V: SH) is continuing its run of positive drilling results from its flagship Llahuin Copper-Gold Project in central ...
View ArticleSecond body recovered from Montreal quarry
Both missing workers from Tuesday's avalanche inside a Quebec quarry pit have been recovered. Marie-Claude Laporte's body was located on Saturday evening. Earlier in the day the remains of ...
View ArticleGrand Canyon gets street view treatment from Google
Whether you're planning an upcoming hike, or want to learn more about the Earth's geological history, Google Maps can help. Today, we're releasing panoramic imagery of one of the ...
View ArticleBill Gross Escaping the credit supernova
depressing analogy was used by Gross , who runs the $270 billionto illustrate his worries with expansive fiscal policy by the US Federal Reserve and governments around the world that cannot tame ...
View ArticleCairns to discuss minings toll on reef
A PUBLIC forum will be held in Cairns on Thursday to fight for the Great Barrier Reef amid concerns about the environmental impacts of the mining industry, and its economic effects on tourism, ...
View ArticleBase metals close strongly higher
At the close of open outcry trading on Friday, LME three-month copper was up 1.5 per cent at $US8,290 a metric ton, its highest close in four months. Aluminum ended the session 1.7 per cent higher on ...
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