November 21, 2011

Fieldex Exploration announces maximum $2 million private placement

Fieldex Exploration Inc. (TSXV: FLX) (Frankfurt: F7E) announces that it has entered into an engagement letter with Industrial Alliance Securities Inc. for a best-efforts private placement of "flow-through" units and…

November 21, 2011

Copper set for worst performance since 2008 as China says ‘global recession is certain’

Reuters reports copper hit its lowest in nearly a month on Monday as investors, already mired in worries over Europe's debt, digested news that US plans to combat debt are…

November 21, 2011

Cash-flush Silvercorp buys China mine number seven

Emerging from a short and distort saga awash in cash, Silvercorp Metals on Monday announced the acquisition of SX Gold, a mining concern controlled by the Luoyang city government in…

November 21, 2011

First Bauxite Corporation Files NI 43-101 Technical Report-Bankable Feasibility Study Update for the Bonasika Project

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 21, 2011) - First Bauxite Corporation (TSX VENTURE:FBX)(FRANKFURT:FBI)(BERLIN:FBI) ("First Bauxite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the NI 43-101 Technical Report - Bankable…

November 21, 2011

MDM awarded major new dense media plant contract in DRC

MDM Engineering has been awarded the EPCM contract for the engineering and construction of a 1.2 Mt/y Dense Media Separation (DMS) plant for Comide, a subsidiary of Camrose Resources, which…

November 21, 2011

Outotec to deliver copper flash smelting and flash converting technology to China

Outotec has been awarded a contract by Guangxi Jinchuan Non-Ferrous Metals for the design and delivery of a greenfield copper production plant to be built in the Fangchenggang port area…

November 20, 2011

B.C. Liberals’ changes to Mines Act spark protest

Premier Christy Clark is about to find out her plans to chip away at the mountain of bureaucracy facing mining developments in British Columbia won't be an easy climb if…

November 20, 2011

Iran Invests $7 Bln in Copper Industry/Iranian Copper Production to Reach 700K Tons

The head of National Iranian Copper Industries Co (NICI) has insisted that with the $7 billion investment made in the industry, copper production will hit 700,000 metric tons. According to…

November 20, 2011

Contractor succumbs to injuries at Hecla Lucky Friday Mine

Brandon Lloyd Gray, a 26-year-old miner critically injured at Hecla Mining's Lucky Friday mine on November 17, succumbed to his injuries early Saturday morning with his family at his side.…

November 20, 2011

World’s lightest material is made out of nickel

Scientists have succeeded in making the world's lightest material, so light it can float on top of dandeloin fluff, and they made it out of nickel. The metal used matters…