June 10, 2011 Rio Tinto’s Mine of the Future program tests advanced technologies for surface and underground mining, exploration and mineral recovery | International Mining Rio Tinto is testing new techniques for underground drifting, mineral exploration and improved recovery of ore in its latest push to develop competitive advantage through its Mine of the FutureTM…
June 10, 2011 Australian company moving into the big iron ore league in Sweden Scandinavian Resources Ltd. (ASX:SCR) has now acquired the Ekstromsberg and Tjarrojakka iron ore projects, about 45 kilometres from Kiruna inside the Arctic […]
June 9, 2011 Metinvest-backed united coal plans $350 million investment to expand coal mining in Eastern U.S. United Coal Company (Blountville, Tennessee), a subsidiary of Ukrainian integrated mining and steel holding company Metinvest Holding LLC (Donetsk, Ukraine), is developing $350 million in coal mine projects in the…
June 9, 2011 Today in Commodities: USDA big news today No curve balls from the USDA but as for food prices look for prices to stay elevated. Crude will settle approximately 1% […]
June 9, 2011 Alderon targets 800 million to 1 billion tonne resource at 28 to 32% iron with 2011 drill program launch Alderon Resource announced that its summer/fall 2011 drill program has commenced at the 100% owned Kamistiatusset Iron Ore Project in western Labrador. The CDN $11 million program will consist of…
June 9, 2011 LIM Signs Impact Benefits Agreement With Innu Matimekush-Lac John Labrador Iron Mines Holdings announced that it has signed a landmark Impact Benefits Agreement with the Nation Innu Matimekush-Lac John of Schefferville, Quebec, with regard to LIM's Schefferville Area direct…
June 9, 2011 Northland and Kiruna Wagon to design a prototype for new railcars Northland is a development-stage mining company with a portfolio of iron ore projects in northern Sweden and Finland. The Company's Kaunisvaara Project will exploit magnetite iron ore deposits, feeding a…
June 9, 2011 Big Australian search for major new iron ore deposits Australian prospectors are scouring remote outback locations for new sources of iron ore to rival the big western lodes dominated by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton , spurred on by…
June 9, 2011 Commodity prices should snap higher in H2, dollar unlikely to recover until 2012 – Morgan Stanley Ron Leven of Morgan Stanley has recently delivered a presentation under the auspice of ETF Securities Ltd. in which he outlined his […]
June 9, 2011 Queensland budget rests on getting mines to full production after floods The credibility of the coal royalties estimates in next week’s state Budget will rest on the Queensland Government’s resolve to do more to allow the removal of flood waters from…
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am
