BHP’s Marius Kloppers makes 30 best CEOs in the world list (again)
Why? For mining the stuff for making China.
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Silver tailings: Profitable waste?
Tailings are materials produced from mining such as milled rock and effluents. In many cases, massive quantities of these materials, regarded as waste, are left from previous operations. Given the potential health and environmental risks associated with tailings, they could be viewed as problems or project deterrents, but then again, they could be viewed as a source of cash.
From energy footnote to oil giant: Infographing the Canadian oil boom
Infographics design firm Visual Capitalist has constructed a very interesting infographic on the Canadian oil boom. Thanks mostly to the northern Alberta oilsands, the amount of crude oil underneath Canadian soil or waters has gushed from a mere 7 billion barrels a decade ago to an astonishing 175 billion barrels. The only countries with more crude oil than Canada are Venezuela and Saudi Arabia.
Canada to trim environmental assessments for large projects
Canada's government will disclose new guidelines this week to reduce the time it takes for environmental reviews of major energy and industrial projects, in a move that Reuters qualifies as an attempt set to help the oil industry.
You want ice with that? Centerra dives 18% after saying waste and ice will cut Kumtor production by 200,000 oz
Centerra Gold said labour strikes last month worsened the extent of the ice and waste flows and that it now can't access the high grade zone at its massive mine in Kyrgyzstan.
Entree Gold upgrades and expands resources at Ann Mason
"With over 5 billion pounds of copper estimated at the indicated level and another 3.5 billion pounds estimated at the inferred level, Ann Mason should now be recognized as a significant deposit in one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world."
Powerscreen drums up business in South Africa
Powerscreen recently hosted a World Dealer Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. More than 300 dealers and customers travelled from across the world to attend the conference.
India’s import duty stifles diamond “round tripping”
India's polished diamond trade saw a sharp decline in February following the imposition of a2% import duty by the Indian government on polished diamond imports on January 17, 2012.
Two new pipelines to compete with Keystone XL
U.S.-based Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD) and Canadian Enbridge Inc. (NYSE/TSX:ENB) are shaping up as the main competitors for TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL, as the two companies announced they will build new pipelines that will move as much as 850,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Canada to refineries along the Gulf Coast by mid-2014.
