Turkish project gives developer Aldridge the ‘natural edge’
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Turkey-focused project developer Aldridge Minerals believes its flagship Yenipazar polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide project would be a catalyst for ...
View ArticleChinas Lunar Exploration Program
China had collected all the data needed to draw its first full map of the moon surface and was almost done with the mapping work, Sun Jiadong, the chief designer of the country's Chang'e -1 ...
View ArticleChina stainless steel demand to ...
Baosteel's stainless steel unit expects stainless steel consumption in China to grow 5 to 7 percent per year over the next five to 10 years, Lou Dingbo, president of the unit, said on Tuesday. ...
View ArticleChinas coal imports up 29.8 in 2012
China saw its coal imports grow 29.8% YoY to 290 million metric tons in 2012, according to the latest statistics released by the General Administration of Customs. According to the statistic, ...
View ArticleChina to coordinate annual coal supply contracts Jan 15-18
The China Coal Trade and Development Association said Wednesday it would hold the annual coal supply contracts coordination conference for 2013 in Haikou City of Hainan Province on January 15-18. ...
View ArticleNorthland Resources shares tumble after cancelling equity offering
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Iron-ore concentrate producer Northland Resources’ Toronto-listed shares on Tuesday slid by 26.47% after the company cancelled its planned $250-million equity ...
View ArticleQuebec First Nations move to intervene in Strateco legal proceedings
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The Eeyou Istchee First Nation, represented by the Grand Council of the Crees, the Cree Regional Authority and the Cree Nation of Mistissini on Tuesday filed an ...
View ArticleDynasty Metals Australia Receives Grant for two WA Petroleum Licenses
Dynasty Metals Australia (DMA) disclosed Wednesday that it has been granted two onshore petroleum licences, EP 484 and EP 485, within the Northern Perth Basin in Western Australia. DMA noted that ...
View ArticleObeid son denies mining corruption
A son of former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid has denied making a secret deal with a disgraced former NSW minister to create a mining tenement that would cause the value of the family's ...
View ArticleMining school at Muresk
MINING services company Ausdrill and vocational training provider Site Group are looking to establish a training academy for mining workers at the old Muresk agricultural ...
View ArticleSouth Africa pushes for greater tax revenues from miners
South Africa seeks to extract greater tax revenues from its mining companies as they struggle to deal with the double burden of rising costs and declining commodities ...
View ArticleAboriginal elder spurns million dollar offer from uranium miners
An elder from the Djok aboriginal community has hailed a move by the federal government to prevent the mining of uranium on his ancestral lands. On Wednesday the federal government introduced a bill ...
View ArticleChinas zinc concs output growth to slow to 10-15 in 2013 Antaike
China's production of zinc concentrate is expected to increase by 10-15% this year, compared with a 21% year-on-year jump in 2012, Beijing Antaike, the state-run nonferrous metals consultancy ...
View ArticleNickel pig iron output to rise 25 as costs decline
China's nickel pig iron output in 2013 may rise 25 percent more than previously forecast as costs decline, curbing nickel imports, Japan's top producer of the metal said. China's ...
View ArticleAfrica’s increasing risks scaring off mining investments report
Increasing security risks from militant Islamists, exacerbated by poor governance and a burgeoning cross-border illicit economy are some of the key increasing risks affecting West Africa, according ...
View ArticleOnline retail giant debuts its own virtual currency
Amazon, world's leading online retailer, has unveiled a new form of virtual currency which could radically change the nature of online transactions as well as have strong implications for the ...
View ArticleSenate orders Tax Office to reveal mining tax revenue
Australia The Senate has passed a motion ordering the Tax Office to reveal how much revenue the mining tax has raised since it was introduced last year.There has been growing pressure on the ...
View ArticleState intervention in mining is global – Mboweni
Former Reserve Bank governor and current chairman of AngloGold Ashanti Tito Mboweni did well to remind the delegates to the Mining Indaba that South Africa is not the only country where the ...
View ArticleMining kingpins laud SA’s industry
Two powerful women at the Mining Indaba put on a show of unity yesterday and sent out signals to the investor community that South Africa’s mining industry was in reasonably good shape, but ...
View ArticleAfrican states seek greater share of mining profit
A number of African countries are proposing radical changes to their tax codes to gain a greater share of their mining industries’ economic benefits and to capitalise on rising commodity ...
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