August 19, 2011

Production and investment forecasts in the Namibian mining industry: uranium set to overtake diamonds as Namibia’s largest foreign currency earner

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5cb789/production_and_inv) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Production and Investment Forecasts in the Namibian Mining Industry" to their offering. This research

August 18, 2011

First Japanese reactor resumes normal operation

CLARIFIED: Unit 3 at the Tomari nuclear power plant on Japan's northern Hokkaido island has resumed operation after a periodic inspection. It is the first reactor to be restarted in…

August 18, 2011

Kazakhstan looking increasingly attractive to international businesses, investors says GCM Worldwide

Kazakhstan, strategically placed between China and Russia, has a wealth of mineral riches which it is eager to profit from. While Kazakhstan is probably best known for its oil, changes…

August 17, 2011

Diamonds North starts copper-silver-bismuth exploration at Hepburn

Diamonds North Resources Ltd. announced on Wednesday that the 2011 exploration program has begun on the Hepburn property in the Northwest Territories. The program will focus on delineating areas of…

August 17, 2011

Namibia abandons draconian mine tax plans

A day after news of an onerous new mining royalty and taxation regime in Peru, Namibia, the world’s biggest miner of offshore diamonds and a top four uranium producer, drops…

August 17, 2011

Kivalliq Energy Corporation: discoveries continue along Lac Cinquante trend; mineralization confirmed over 2.3 km

Kivalliq Energy provided an update on diamond drilling near the high grade Lac Cinquante Uranium Deposit, located within the Angilak Property in Nunavut, Canada. Recent drilling successfully discovered a mineralized…

August 16, 2011

Cooling Towers: Power plants will generate huge demand for cooling towers

Cooling towers have application in almost all industries, power plants and business establishments. Cooling towers with PVC fill have been introduced very recently in India but they are yet to…

August 16, 2011

Toro looking for JV partners for Wiluna uranium project

PERTH (miningweekly.com) Uranium hopeful Toro Energy on Tuesday said that it was looking at various options to fund its A$300-million Wiluna project, in Western Australia, including introducing a joint venture…

August 16, 2011

$5 billion Ohio uranium plant looks less and less likely

The deadline for a crucial federal loan guarantee backing a proposed uranium plant in southern Ohio came and went Monday leading some to wonder if the project will ever get…

August 15, 2011

China’s nuclear ambition powers on

In the wake of the Fukushima meltdowns, some nations are looking to move away from nuclear power. But not China, which is proceeding with plans to build 36 reactors over…