The mining and minerals industry has made major advances towards sustainability, but the sector faces new challenges as governments reassert control over their natural resources, but lack capacity to ensure mining can contribute to ...
Tags: Africa, Asia, Australia, China, Coal, Consultants News, Copper, Diamond
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 13, 2012) - Focus Metals Inc. ("Focus" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:FMS)(OTCQX:FCSMF)(FRANKFURT:FKC) and partner SOQUEM Inc. ("SOQUEM") are pleased to report the results of the fall 2011 ...
Tags: Canada, Exploration, Quebec, Rare Earth
The following have all combined to limit control of foreign minerals by US companies: In 2011, Resource nationalism became the number one risk for mining companies Nationalization Expropriation Increased taxation Constraints on the degree ...
Tags: Cobalt, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
What do the gold market and the weather have in common? You can forecast both, but predict neither, according to Brien Lundin, chief executive of Jefferson Financial and publisher of Gold Newsletter. Lundin, who also organizes the New ...
Tags: Finance, Gold, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
India is already building a rare-earth mineral processing plant in the east coast state of Orissa and will invest $135 million in a new exploration ship and the refurbishing of another vessel to mine minerals under its oceans. Only last ...
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The mining sector's bellwether companies were all beaten down on Monday after China's premier Wen Jiabao delivered a downbeat outlook for the world's second largest economy adding that there were "new problems" to deal with. China will ...
Tags: China, Coal, Copper, Finance, Iron Ore, Lead, Nickel, Potash, Rare Earth, Zinc
The Canadian government followed through on last month's budget promise to streamline environmental reviews of resource projects with a plan for "responsible resource development." Announced Tuesday by Natural Resources Minister Joe ...
Tags: Canada, Coal, Copper, Diamond, Gold, Iron Ore, Nickel, Oil Sands, Oilsands
A new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says the financial performance of global mining companies and their stock prices headed in opposite directions last year. The Toronto-based consulting firm says the top 40 global mining firms ...
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SilverCrest Mines announced the final drill results from the phase II drilling program its La Joya property in Durango,Mexico,extending mineralization beyond the area of its current resource estimate. A new resource estimate is expected ...
Tags: SilverCrest, Mines, silver equivalent, resource
Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
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The Thunderbolt interconnect technology could take a while to reach smartphones and tablets because of power consumption issues that need to be resolved, Intel executives said on Wednesday. Intel would like to bring Thunderbolt to ...
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The rise of mining costs will have a more dramatic impact on 2013 industry results than in the last couple of years, global ranking agency Fitch Ratings revealed Thursday. According to the firm’s experts, a gloomy macroeconomic ...
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The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines said Tuesday it opened its final bid for the Badakhshan gold deposit, located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, Dow Jones Commodities reports. Mines Minister, Wahidullah Shahrani, said on ...
Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Copper, Gold, Iron Ore, Lithium, Oil, Rare Earth
Alaska Dispatch has published an interactive map plotting Alaska's operating mines, active prospects and abandoned prospects. Assembled by Ground-Truth Trekking, the map allows the user to click on one of the state's 75 mineral prospects, ...
Tags: Alaska, Copper, Exploration, Gold, Rare Earth, USA
Chinese enterprises are turning to "urban mining" to satisfy the country's voracious appetite for metals, recycling the contents of abandoned household appliances and electronic devices. The China Daily reports that a total of 56 ...