July 23, 2011 Orbite alumina process has global appeal Exploration Orbite VSPA Inc. says its patented process to convert the Grande Vallée aluminous clays in the Gaspé Peninsula into alumina may have a much wider potential than expected. Orbite…
July 23, 2011 Santos says skills shortage yet to hit David Knox, Santos chief executive, says the expected skills shortage has not yet affected his company. Picture: Calum Robertson Source: News Limited SANTOS chief executive David Knox, whose company is…
July 23, 2011 Zinc tungstate nanorods show promise as higher-capacity anode materials for Li-ion batteries Researchers in S. Korea have synthesized a divalent wolframite-structure zinc tungstate (ZnWO4) in the form of one-dimensional nanorods; used as anode material in Li-ion batteries, the nanorods deliver reversibly sustained…
July 23, 2011 Lead weakens on reduced offtake Lead prices traded lower by a rupee per kg in the local metal market today due to reduced offtake from battery makers. Traders said reduced offtake from battery makers led…
July 22, 2011 China discovers its largest molybdenum deposit China has discovered its largest molybdenum deposit containing 2.2 million tons of the silvery metal, which ranks the second largest in the world, in east China's Anhui province. Anhui Geology…
July 22, 2011 Revett eyes 2018 output from delayed Montana mine TSX- and Amex-listed Revett Minerals is targeting 2018 to start commercial production at its big Rock Creek silver/copper mine in Montana, as it finally sees light at the end of…
July 22, 2011 Canadian exploration and deposit expenditure expected to increase Canada’s mining industry continues to rally from the recent global recession, with this year’s production currently exceeding that of 2010, reports government department Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
July 22, 2011 Investing in precious metals: This metal miner doubled profits Copper (NYSE:JJC) decreased the most in four weeks, as poor economic data released on Thursday worried investors. Although the Chinese manufacturing report isn’t due till August 1st, preliminary data showed…
July 22, 2011 Lundin revises production downward after hitting poor grades at Neves Corvo Neves Corvo, Ludin Mining's copper-zinc mine located in Portugal, will produce 4,000 tonnes less copper and 19,000 tonnes less of zinc in 2011. The cash cost of production at the…
July 22, 2011 Nautilus awarded exploration tenements in Eastern Pacific Nautilus Minerals' (TSX:NUS)(AIM:NUS) Tongan subsidiary, Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd. ("TOML"), has become one of the first private sector organizations to be granted exploration licences in the highly prospective Clarion Clipperton…
Gabon to audit mining deals as reforms start amid IMF talks As part of discussions with the multilateral lender, President Brice Oligui Nguema “has demanded the full publication of all mining agreements". December 19, 2025 | 10:51 am
