Canadian penny is killed off on Monday
The Canadian Mint will stop minting the penny on Monday, Feb. 4. The Harper government says cutting the penny will save $11 million a year, and the penny is a denomination that has out-lived its ...
View ArticlePNG MP wants no delays on seabed mining project
Nautilus Minerals has been exploring the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea (PNG) for mineral deposits since 1997, when the first offshore mineral exploration licenses were ...
View ArticleVIDEO Finnings CEO says miners are trying to pace the rate of development
South America miners are shifting to brown field development to contain costs, says Michael Waites, CEO of Finning (TSE:FTT). "A lot of our customers are trying to pace the rate of development. ...
View ArticleMining good for regional communities Minerals Council
The resource sector has launched a pre-emptive strike to counter what it fears will be a critical parliamentary report on the effects of fly-in, fly-out workforces in regional Australia. A federal ...
View ArticleUnions resumes show HD Mining rejected qualified Canadian workers
2/3/2013 BC Building Trades unions say resumes released through a federal court order show highly qualified and experienced Canadian miners were rejected by HD mining for work in BC coal mines. ...
View ArticleUranium mining group to deliver recommendations
Mount Isa 4825 A State Government-appointed committee assessing the best practise approach for uranium mining in Queensland says it may develop recommendations that differ from other states.Members ...
View ArticleExploration near Rowley Shoals to be restricted
Broome 6725 Environmentalists say a Federal Government decision to restrict oil and gas exploration near a protected reef off Western Australia's Kimberley coast, does not go far enough.An ...
View ArticleHunter mining communities getting richer
See your ad here Commissioned by the Minerals Council of Australia, the KPMG study considered nine of the country's most significant mining regions and measured changing demographics.The ...
View ArticleElemental Minerals Commences Phase 3A drilling at Kola to test extension of...
Figure 2: Sequence of potash seams in previously reported borehole EK_43. Labels:TS (Top Seam), Hangingwall Seam (HWS), US (Upper Seam), LS (Lower Seam), FWS (Footwall Seam). (CNW Group/Elemental ...
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Unemployment slowing down in Germany
German unemployment numbers were relatively stable in January. While jobs unexpectedly fell in seasonally adjusted terms, Chancellor Angela Merkel, who faces an election in September, is known to ...
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Overstocking hurts Chinese steel
China's steel industry has seen a massive profit plunge. China's major steelmakers have been unable to hold the industry in the past year, with steel crashing by more than 98 percent in 2012. ...
View ArticleMining affects game reserves
Johannesburg - An environmental NGO has laid criminal charges against mining group Platmin for operating an open cast mine on the doorstep of the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve, Beeld reported on ...
View ArticleBriggs confident Kusasalethu to reach full production by June quarter
was confident the company’s embattled Kusasalethu mine, near Carletonville, would be operating at full production by the end of the June quarter. "In six weeks, we could be starting to ...
View ArticleZambia Govt Revokes 150 Mining Licences
THE Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Development has with immediate effect revoked 150 large-scale mining licences. Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Victor Mutambo said the licences were ...
View ArticleSeabridge Gold contributes $100000 towards trades training in northwestern...
(left to right) Jay Layman, Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Seabridge Gold, presents a $100,000 donation to Dr. Denise Henning, President and CEO of Northwest Community College. - ...
View ArticleFund managers ardour for gold cools as economic fears recede
LONDON – Fund managers' ardour for gold is cooling as the threat of a catastrophic event in the world economy recedes and expectations of a gradual economic recovery grow, fuelling demand ...
View ArticlePodcast Exploration should be SAs focus - Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton's Stephen Kilfoil says both the private and the public sector should be doing more to bring mining exploration back to the South ...
View ArticleCommodities at ‘very delicate’ overly pessimistic stage – Credit Suisse
CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – The global commodities market was at a "very delicate" and "overly pessimistic" stage, Credit Suisse Commodities Research ...
View ArticlePBE acquires Mine Radio Systems
Pyott-Boone Electronics (PBE) has announced the acquisition of Mine Radio Systems (MRS). All of the products, people and intellectual property of the MRS business will immediately transfer to ...
View ArticleMining areas richer more popular report
MINING communities in the Upper Hunter are getting richer and more populated and boast higher rates of home ownership and low unemployment, a new report has ...
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