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Canadian Oil Sands companies to help financing deadly highway improvements

Canadian Oil Sands companies are asking the government to upgrade the section of Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray, in the province of Alberta, which leads to several oil sands projects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2012 | 1:47 pm

Potash is a diamond in the rough for the Republic of Congo

Australian junior Elemental Minerals (ASX, TSX: ELM), which is developing a potash project in the Republic of Congo, announced it has increased measured and indicated resources at its Kola deposit by 265% to just under one billion tons.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2012 | 1:02 pm

Falling output hurts SA gold miners

South African gold producers are expected to report lower quarterly earnings with production knocked across the board as output-disrupting safety stoppages continue to sting, a Reuters poll of 7 analysts showed.

Finance 24 | May 8, 2012 | 5:41 am

Finning awarded $96 million equipment sale from UK mining specialist Hargreaves

Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) announced that its U.K. and Ireland division has secured a seven-year mining equipment and service contract with Hargreaves Services for a total value of approximately $96 million Cdn.

Marketwire | May 8, 2012 | 5:17 am

See you in court: Roman Copper sues Romania

Roman Copper Corp. is suing the Romanian government after the country backed out of a deal to sell its largest state-owned copper mine, Cupru Min Abrud.

Andrew Topf | May 7, 2012 | 10:57 pm

Fukushima now priced into market: Uranium One

Uranium One said the effects of the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan last March are now priced into the market for uranium oxide.

Andrew Topf | May 7, 2012 | 9:58 pm

Yet another gold mining scam: Abandoned mines, money and hope

Always on the lookout for mining scams, I came across the news report repeated below.

Jack Caldwell | May 7, 2012 | 9:29 pm

Industry turns to NASCAR as coal defense gets political

Bloomberg reports the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is tapping the great American sport of NASCAR racing in a bid to win popular support for the coal industry.

MINING.com Editor | May 7, 2012 | 8:08 pm