January 9, 2012

Kicked out of small town motels, Australia’s ‘coal girls’ resort to RV parks

Rural communities in Australia’s mineral-rich states are unhappy about the many working girls following highly-paid miners into their small towns and motel and hotel owners are kicking out prostitutes using…

January 9, 2012

1 million Grand Canyon acres off limits to miners for the next 20 years

AP reports that the Obama administration is ignoring intense lobbying from the mining industry and political opponents on the right and will formally ban new uranium mining on 1 million…

January 9, 2012

Teck acquires oil sands partner SilverBirch for C$435M

Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A) announced today that it will acquire its oilsands partner SilverBirch Energy Corp. (TSXV:SBE) for over C$435 million.

January 9, 2012

Yanzhou/ Gloucester Coal merger has big chance of success – UBS

Financial adviser UBS reckons there should be few obstacles in the way of the proposed A$2 billion merger of Chinese miner Yanzhou Coal and Australia's Gloucester Coal.

January 9, 2012

Drilling Planned for Halliday Lake Project

In the summer 2011, Uravan Minerals Inc (Uravan) completed multifaceted surface geochemical sampling programs on the Halliday Lake, Math, OR Extension, and Stewardson Lake projects [Press Release Link] in the…

January 8, 2012

Mark Leftly: Rio Tinto grabs a slice of Canada’s uranium riches

The battle won, now it's time to prepare for the war.

January 8, 2012

New row looming over MRRT

Australia's peak mining industry body has set the scene for a renewed debate on the mining tax, arguing the sector has not agreed to a minimum amount of revenue to…

January 8, 2012

Two Chinese officials prosecuted over mining accidents

Xinhua quoted local work safety authorities said twelve officials have been prosecuted for alleged dereliction of duty over two mining accidents that killed 31 people in southwest China Guizhou province…

January 8, 2012

Grand Canyon uranium ban decision expected Monday

The Obama Administration is expected to announce Monday a moratorium on uranium mining on a million acres near the Grand Canyon, The New York Times is reporting.

January 8, 2012

Indian coal giant buys SA rights

Later this month Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world's biggest coal producer, will sign an agreement with the Limpopo government in terms of which it will receive mining rights on…