ABC reported that the Northern Territory Government hopes a decision will be made this week on a plan to help save a Rio Tinto alumina refinery on the Gove peninsula in remote North East Arnhem Land. The Territory's Chief Minister said ...
Tags: Government, alumina refinery, Gove peninsula, North East Arnhem Land
The West Australian reported that iron ore holdings is looking for a partner to develop what the Kerry Stokes backed iron ore junior believes could be a large scale industrial salt operation in the Pilbara. IOH has asked Liam Twigger's ...
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The fortunes of base metals producers are based primarily on one very big customer China. So it’s little wonder that most stocks associated with producing copper and other metals are stuck in no man’s land right now up from ...
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LOCAL shares closed higher today as US President Barack Obama cut short his Christmas holiday to return to Washington for talks aimed at resolving the so-called fiscal cliff. Investors in Australia's sharemarket remained optimistic that ...
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
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
Economic Times reported that AIA Engineering's growth will boost with it gradually gaining traction in the mining and power industry. The company is in a very niche business of manufacturing of impact abrasion and wear resistant high ...
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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 ...
Tags: Finance, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investmentsand Energy & Scarcity Investor ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral Energy, Rare Earth
Reuters reported that a new deepwater port on Australia's Indian Ocean Coast was supposed to be the showpiece of the country's decade long mining boom and open up a huge new iron ore belt to export to Asian markets. But twice in the past ...
Tags: Iron Ore Mining, Mining Jobs, Coal Mining News, Mining
Rio Tinto Alcan and the employees represented by the Canadian Auto Workers Union have ratified an agreement for the early renewal and extension of labour contracts in Saguenay, Quebec to 2018. The agreement also includes a clause for the ...
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Gulf News the UAE Russian Federation peaceful nuclear energy agreement, which was signed on December 17th Monday at the foreign ministry is deemed a legal framework for supplying nuclear fuel services to the UAE and in line with the ...
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Proactive Investors reported that Mamba Minerals will raise USD 787,500 through the private placement of 3.5 million shares at USD 0.225, in a deal arranged by Capital Investment Partners to Michael O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe was the ...
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EMED Mining said that, while it has yet to be issued, the crucial permitting for the restart of the Rio Tinto copper mine is now at an advanced stage. The mine developer is awaiting a key sign off termed ‘Administrative ...
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THE sharemarket ended the week on a low note as investors took fright after US budget talks on the fiscal cliff fell into disarray. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 10.5 points,or 0.2 per cent,at 4623.6,reversing gains that had seen ...
Tags: fiscal cliff, Australian companies, US