Kenya to gazette up to 9 new oil and gas exploration blocks
NAIROBI Feb 12 (Reuters) - Kenyan energy officials said on Tuesday the country was demarcating up to nine new blocks of onshore and offshore territory for the auction of licences for oil and gas ...
View ArticleSierra Metals establishes cash dividend policy and announces inaugural...
Feb. 12, 2013 /CNW/ - Sierra Metals Inc. (TSX-V:SMT)(BVL:SMT) ("Sierra" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has adopted a policy whereby it intends to ...
View ArticleEl Condor closes $2 million financing
Feb. 12, 2013 /CNW/ - El Condor Minerals Inc. ("El Condor" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously ...
View ArticleEx-Div Reminder for Diamond Offshore Drilling
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View ArticleSeismic activity reported near site of North Korea nuke tests
North Korea has apparently conducted its third underground nuclear bomb test, as the U.S. Geological Survey reported a seismic disturbance centered near the site of the secretive regime's two ...
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Russian mine blast toll at least 18
MOSCOW - Around 18 miners are feared to have been killed in an underground coal mine blast in Russia's northern republic of Komi, the republic's Interior Ministry said on Monday. "According to ...
View ArticleCentre wants Odisha to review minerals policy
mining of important minerals for a state-owned firm, is not in concurrence with the law. Senior mines ministry officials confirmed that advisories against these actions, vetted by the law ministry, ...
View ArticleNewfield Exploration to focus on its U.S. assets
Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:52pm EST Feb 13 (Reuters) - Newfield Exploration Co said on Wednesday it will seek strategic alternatives for its international offshore oil and gas production assets in Malaysia ...
View ArticleYamana lifts mineral resources at Argentina project by 44
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Canadian gold miner Yamana Gold on Wednesday announced its maiden indicated resource estimate for its Argentinean development project Cerro Moro, lifting the ...
View ArticleWisconsin GOP Senate leader opposes new tax on iron mining
MADISON, Wis. -- The state Senate's top Republican said Wednesday he opposes including any so-called tonnage tax in a bill that would overhaul Wisconsin's mining regulations. Senate ...
View ArticleK I L L B U L L E T I N - Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited
Feb. 13, 2013 /CNW/ - Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited advises that story number c5245 and TO746 "Agnico-Eagle Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results; Record Annual Production and ...
View ArticleAustralia Bets on Housing to Pick Up Mining Slack
Sixty kilometers south-west of Sydney's central business district, one of the largest new housing developments in Australia is emerging on the site of an old racetrack.Oran Park Town, a joint ...
View ArticleUPDATE 2-Newfield Exploration to focus on US assets sees big Q4 loss
Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:09pm EST * To seek strategic alternatives for international assets * Expects $1.2 billion fourth-quarter loss * Incurred $1.5 billion in charge as it wrote down value of natural ...
View ArticleWesfarmers Profit Up Coles Sales Growth Offsets Mining Weakness
Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd. (WES.AU) said Thursday its first-half net profit rose 9.3% on the back of strong sales at its Coles supermarket chain, in the latest sign that consumers are ...
View ArticleRally in platinum price shows no signs of ending
The platinum price closed at a four-month high on Wednesday, adding $12 to $1,729 an ounce in New York on renewed worries about a global supply ...
View ArticleKinross Gold takes multibillion-dollar net loss on mine write down
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Canadian gold miner Kinross Gold on Wednesday reported a multibillion-dollar net loss for the fourth quarter, after taking a $3.2-billion impairment charge mostly ...
View ArticleAgnico-Eagle turns in a profit in fourth quarter
TORONTO – Canada's Agnico-Eagle Mines posted a profit on Wednesday, a year after it posted a fourth-quarter loss on the partial writedown of the value of its Meadowbank mine in the ...
View ArticlePeru Experiences Recent Upheaval in Latest Mining Protests
- Peru has been experiencing clashes for the last 18 months in the Cajamarca region. Four people were shot and killed and more than 20 wounded in the protests surrounding Newmont's $5 billion ...
View ArticleMirabela Nickel Limited - Impairment of Santa Rita assets
Feb. 14, 2013 /CNW/ - Mirabela Nickel Limited (Mirabela or the Company) (ASX: MBN, TSX: MNB) expects to recognise a non-cash impairment charge of approximately US$380 million on its 2012 full year ...
View ArticleDivision emerges on tonnage tax in mining bill
Madison - Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) said Wednesday some Senate Republicans want to modify mining legislation so that iron mining companies are charged a tax based on how much ...
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