July 12, 2011 Highlands Pacific: Frieda on track for BFS in January 2012 Source: News BitesHighlands Pacific Ltd announced joint venture partner Xstrata Copper has completed infill drilling at the Frieda copper gold project in PNG with an updated resource estimate due in…
July 12, 2011 Sex trade flourishes as Mongolia enjoys mining success Pimps man the park across from the historic Ulan Bator Hotel, popular with foreigners. They are keeping an eye on their employees -- about 20 women working in Mongolia's quickly…
July 12, 2011 Strike at US mining giant in Indonesia to end Workers at US company Freeport McMoRan's giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua region agreed on Monday to end a strike that has lasted more than a week. Workers…
July 11, 2011 Taseko Q2 copper output flat; molybdenum up 38 pct Taseko Mines' second-quarter copper production at the Gibraltar mine in British Columbia was flat at about 20 million pounds, but its molybdenum output rose about 38 percent. The Vancouver-based miner,…
July 11, 2011 Stillwater Mining plans US$487.1 million acquisition of Peregrine Metals Stillwater Mining, the only platinum and palladium producer in the U.S., announced on Monday that it will acquire Peregrine Metals for US$487.1 million. Peregrine Metals is a publicly-traded exploration and…
July 11, 2011 China hikes smelting, steel capacity cuts Reuters Africa reports that China has ordered local governments to cut a total 2.04 million tonnes of aluminium, copper, lead and zinc smelting capacity in 2011.
July 11, 2011 Chile’s copper workers on nationwide strike; Codelco says it will lose millions The world's largest copper producer is shut down in a 24-hour strike that has the potential to cause severe losses for Chile's state mining company. Codelco says it could lose…
July 11, 2011 Shares of Platinum Underwriters Holdings Under Pressure, Down 1.2 pct (PTP) (SmarTrend(R) Market Surveillance via COMTEX) -- Platinum Underwriters Holdings (NYSE:PTP) is one of today's notable stocks in decline, down 1.2% to $33.70. The S&P is currently trading 1.7% lower to…
July 11, 2011 Base metals fall on Italy debt worries, supply in focus Reuters reports that nickel went untraded today, but still managed to fall as copper, aluminum and zinc also fell.
July 11, 2011 Carpentaria Exploration Limited announce a $3.5 million budget to boost exploration projects Carpentaria Exploration Limited today announces a plus A$3.5 million budget for greenfields exploration in the 2011/12 financial year, continuing its aggressive exploration programs across eastern Australia
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