Union Steel Minister visited Afghanistan in April, 2012 and an MoU on Cooperation in the field of Steel Sector was also signed between Minister of Steel, Government of India and Minister of Mines, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Earlier, ...
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Business Standard reported that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has rapped the Karnataka government for its failure to initiate any time-bound action plan to monitor the implementation of the Karnataka Mineral Policy 2008. ...
Tags: mining, Mineral, minerals extracted, iron ore fines, iron ore
The Western Australia state government said that Ms Julia Gillard’s PM of Australian, tax on iron ore and coal company profits is illegal because it limits state governments’ ability to finance development. Western Australia ...
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Great Western Minerals Group Ltd said that it will announce the results of its preliminary economic assessment in January 2013. The company said that while it had targeted the fourth quarter of 2012 to announce the results of its PEA, the ...
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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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The aluminium scrap and recycling market in the GCC was estimated at 292,281 metric tonnes in 2010 and is expected to reach 593,434 metric tonnes in 2017 at a compound annual growth rate of 10.6%. The aluminium recycling market is at a ...
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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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Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation announced a new multi year contract valued at more than USD 225 million for onsite services to JSW Steel. Harsco will provide resource recovery and slag management services at ...
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The manufacture of glass makes relatively small demands on the environment compared with many other materials. It uses mainly readily available minerals to produce environmentally friendly products which have many beneficial uses from ...
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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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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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. ...
Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSXV : TSM) (Frankfurt : T61) (NYSE MKT : TAS). Mark Saxon, President & CEO, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in three new rare ...
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The Canadian company African Queen Mines Ltd has abandoned its operations in Mozambique, after a thorough review of its portfolio of exploration properties in Southern, West and East Africa. A press release from the company states that ...
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