July 27, 2011 Xstrata to build new zinc mine Xstrata Zinc has announced construction will begin immediately to develop the $246 million Lady Loretta mineral deposit located 140 kilometres north west of Mount Isa.
July 27, 2011 Rebuttal to the ‘Save Palawan’ movement by Nickel Asia Gerard H. Brimo is the speaker for the next Philippine Mining Luncheon on August 5. 2011. His topic is a Rebuttal to the Save Palawan Movement that is calling on Filipinos to support…
July 26, 2011 Uranium exploration hotspots Uranium exploration may be described as a combination of science and art with many projects designed from geological concepts and broader based reflections involving a variety of field and laboratory…
July 26, 2011 New $1.5 billion nickel mine can start dumping waste in PNG ocean Australia's Highlands Pacific and China Metallurgical Group can now power on their $1.5 billion Ramu nickel project in Papua New Guinea after a judge threw out the environmental challenge to…
July 26, 2011 Undersea mining moving forward: DFI releases world’s first marine NI 43-101 The race to mine the seafloor took another step forward today. Diamond Fields International said it has completed the world's first NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for its Atlantis II…
July 26, 2011 Inmet board approves development of Cobre Panama copper project The Inmet Mining Board of Directors has approved the development of the Cobre Panama copper-gold-molybdenum project in Panama. As a result of the development decision Monday, LS-Niko Copper subsidiary, Korea…
July 26, 2011 Nickel stockpiles should rebound as market shifts to surplus Bloomberg reports nickel is the only base metal traded on the LME to record a decline in its inventories this year. Refined nickel usage exceeded output by 24,000 metric tons…
July 26, 2011 First Point Minerals defines nickel-iron alloy drill target First Point Minerals Corp. has outlined a drill target on the Klow property based on exploration field work on its nickel-iron alloy project.
July 26, 2011 Alcoa is telling us good things about the global economy Aluminum giant Alcoa just reported a 27% surge in revenue and a more than twofold jump in its bottom line for the second quarter. A major aluminum company covers a…
July 26, 2011 Xstrata Zinc to develop Lady Loretta deposit in AUD246m project Xstrata Zinc announces the commencement of construction to develop the high grade zinc-lead-silver Lady Loretta deposit in north-west Queensland, Australia, as a new greenfield underground mine.
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