Geopacific Resources has made an off market all scrip bid for unlisted World Wide Mining Projects, that could potentially give Geopacific the option to take an 85% interest in the Kou Sa Copper Project in Cambodia. As part of the deal, ...
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Business Times reported that iron ore prices hit an eight month high this week. Iron ore is seen as a proxy for industrial activity and construction in China. The commodity is critical for the profitability of mining groups, including ...
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The Australian cited Mr Jim Beyer CEO of Mt Gibson Iron as saying that Mount Gibson Iron is set to step up its acquisition efforts this year as the group looks to challenge the perception that it offers little earnings growth. Mr ...
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AP reported that Minnesota collected a record USD 51 million in mineral revenues in the 2012 fiscal year. The Department of Natural Resources said that that up 44% over last year's record of USD 35.5 million. Most of the money goes ...
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ABC News reported that iron ore prices have bounced back after bottoming three months ago, reigniting many shelved expansion plans. A once in a century mining boom has driven the Australian economy, sustained by China's huge appetite ...
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Soil pollution is defined as the build-up in soils of persistent toxic compounds, chemicals, salts, radioactive materials, or disease causing agents, which have adverse effects on plant growth and animal health. The wars that hit the ...
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Millennium Minerals has demonstrated the ability of the process plant at its Nullagine Gold Project in the East Pilbara to run at sustained rates of 220 tonnes per hour, 30 tonnes above design. Importantly, the performance supports the ...
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Hindustan Times reported that it’s not just Congress leaders who have been beneficiaries of the iron ore mining business in Goa. Affidavits filed with the Election Commission ahead of Assembly polls in 2012 have revealed that at least ...
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According to report, South Korea’s Posco and Taiwan’s China Steel Corp (CSC) said they will purchase a 15% stake in Canadian iron ore and pellet producer owned by ArcelorMittal by US$ 1.1 billion. It is joint venture with ...
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Zimbabwe government has set up a committee to handle the paperwork on the sticky issue of iron claims ahead of the projected start of operations at NewZim Steel in January. Industry and Commerce Minister, Professor Welshman Ncube has said ...
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Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has announced reference designs for what it claims are the world’s lightest and highest-energy-density flexible military charging mats. Alta fabricates single-junction gallium arsenide (GaAs) ...
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Business Standard reported that iron ore consumption in domestic steel units went up in December after the Odisha government asked the miners to set aside half of their mineral production for local industries. In December, local crusher ...
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The World Trade Organization will investigate China's quotas and tariffs on rare earth minerals following prompting from the US, EU and Japan, who allege the export restrictions are in contravention of international trade regulations. ...
Greenland’s treasure trove of rare earth metals, the largest deposit outside of China, cannot be mined because the elements are connected to restricted radioactive materials. Several reports, such as The Epoch Times’ latest ...
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Shares of rare earth miner Molycorp Inc. (NYSE:MCP) were falling Thursday morning as the company’s president and chief executive, Mark Smith, left without explanation and the company revealed it was under investigation from the United ...
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