Crystallex International Corporation has filed a request for arbitration against the government of Venezuela, and is seeking over US$3.8 billion in damages over a revoked mine contract.

PANAJI: The state's lone government-run engineering institute, Goa College of Engineering (GEC) at Farmagudi, is planning to set up a new department of mining from the academic year 2011-12.

Sources said that the GEC has forwarded a proposal to begin a graduate course in mining engineering from the new academic year to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) through the state directorate of technical education. The institute plans to set up an independent department to run the course.

The ACG’s 2011 International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings in Perth, Western Australia will be preceded by two workshops: Prediction of […]

Newmont/Buenaventura major Peruvian gold mine, Yanacocha, saw 2010 gold sales well below 2009 due to declining grades, but higher gold price compensates LIMA

Tahoe Resources is one step closer to mining for silver in Guatemala. The Vancouver-based explorer said Wednesday it has received an environmental […]

Resource estimates for the Authier Lithium property are 40% higher than historical estimates, Montreal-based Glen Eagle Resources reported Wednesday.

Mining Weekly reports that multicommodity miner BHP Billiton has committed to spend up to $80-billion by the end of 2015 to expand […]

The Obama Administration has called for a hardrock mining royalty and a new hardrock AML fee, along with other fees and tax […]

Although Pan American Silver set production records last year, the company cautioned that silver and gold production will decline this year.