Fracking Study Geologist Draws Critics
A University at Buffalo geologist picked by the state to study the links between hydraulic fracturing and earthquakes is now coming under scrutiny for his ties to the oil and gas industry. ...
View ArticleMining Indaba Industry needs to deal with communities better – Cutifani
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd chief executive, Mark Cutifani said the mining industry has not properly dealt with the issue of mining communities in the past and that it needs to take responsibility.He said ...
View ArticleLounor amends the expiry date of the warrants issued on February 14 2011
Feb. 7, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Lounor Exploration Inc. announces that its Board of Directors has approved a new extension of the expiry date of the 1,062,500 purchase warrants issued ...
View ArticleColombian coal company and workers in final bid to avoid strike
BOGOTA – Colombia's largest coal exporting company Cerrejon and its workers are meeting on Thursday to try to avoid a strike over wages that would pile pressure onto an already troubled ...
View ArticlePatriot Coal reports fatality at West Virginia plant
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Embattled coal producer Patriot Coal on Thursday said a 34-year old employee died after being struck by a hydraulic cylinder on a refuse press at Midland Trail ...
View ArticleMBAC Fertilizer closes $34.5m financing
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Toronto-listed MBAC Fertilizer has closed a $34.5-million equity financing, including the full amount of the over-allotment option. The company had issued ...
View ArticleWorkers at Colombias Top Coal Exporter Begin Strike Over Wages
BOGOTA, Colombia--Nearly 5,000 Workers at Colombia's largest coal exporter Cerrejon on Thursday began the first strike at the company since the late 1990s, after management and union leaders ...
View ArticlePrecious metals close lower
The most actively traded contract, for April delivery, on Thursday fell $US7.50, or 0.5 per cent, to settle at $US1,671.30 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. ...
View ArticleAnglo CEO says South Africa licence threats out of order
Despite threats from government officials to review mining licences,Anglo American Platinum will continue with restructuring its mining operations in South ...
View ArticleBelo Sun drops 7 as doubts over $1 billion Amazon gold mine creep in
Belo Sun (TSX:BSX) dropped by as much as 7.5% on Thursday after Brazil's federal authorities ordered further environmental and social impact studies for the company'sVolta Grande project in ...
View ArticleMcEwen grows Los Azules copper count
has boosted the copper resource at its Los Azules project in Argentina by 20% compared to the last estimate just eight months ago, and the huge deposit remains open in every direction. A new ...
View ArticleMONITOR Instantel Micromate checks vibration and overpressure
KANATA, Ontario - Instantel’s Micromate™, a low-cost four-channel unit, is designed to monitor and transmit event data with one triaxial geophone and one air overpressure microphone. The ...
View ArticleCORRECTION World-beating alumina technology from Orbite
MONTREAL – The Canadian mineral industry has a reputation as a global leader in technology – for exploration, cost efficiency, automation, and environmental action. And now a Canadian ...
View ArticleIRON ORE Fire Lake PFS has $3.3 billion NPV and 30.9 IRR for West and East...
of Toronto says the pre-feasibility study for the West and East deposits at its Consolidated Fire Lake North project points toward a net present value (8% discount) of $3.30 billion and a pre-tax ...
View ArticleLITHIUM Nemaska gives green light to lithium hydroxide plant
of Quebec City has given the go ahead to phase one of a 500-t/y lithium hydroxide and carbonate process facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. The $25-million budget was prepared ...
View ArticlePoll Westerners Want to Keep Drilling Off Public Lands
poll released Thursday, "Conservation in the West," found that individuals living in the western United States strongly value their public spaces and share a deep desire to safeguard these ...
View ArticleMetals slump after dollar rallies on ECB comments
Palladium is leading declines for metals, after the head of the European Central Bank expressed concern over the rise in the euro. That prompted the dollar to ...
View ArticleCanadian miners focused on cost control project execution – Ernst Young
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Canadian mining and metals companies are keeping cost control and project execution top of mind this year as shareholders become more risk averse, advisory firm ...
View ArticleAfferro Mining still in negotiations for potential takeover
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Cameroon-focused iron-ore project developer Afferro Mining on Thursday said it had terminated takeover talks with India's Jindal Steel and Power, owing to the ...
View ArticleCopper Fox acquires two groups of mineral tenures to expand projects
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Copper project developer Copper Fox on Thursday said it has acquired two groups of mineral tenures with the aim of expanding the Schaft Creek polymetallic project, ...
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