April 3, 2012

Barrick Gold’s Porgera mine resumes operations

Operations at Barrick's Porgera open pit gold mine, in Papua New Guinea, resumed this morning after the government decided to send troops to the site last week, under a troop…

April 3, 2012

C$25 billion to improve Canada’s Asian trading opportunities

Christy Clark, the Premier of Canada’s British Columbia unveiled details of a C$25 billion public and private sector plan to expand trade with Asia, by improving the province's transportation system.

April 3, 2012

Race on to dig new zinc mines as old ones run dry

With experts saying zinc could be in deficit by 2017 if not earlier, miners from Australia to Africa to the European Union are racing against time to attract investment in…

April 2, 2012

Prophecy up 4.8% after Southgobi deal puts Mongolian coal back in focus

Prophecy has more than 1.4 billion tonnes of surface minable coal resources at its flagship Chandgana project and is already producing at Ulaan Ovoo in Mongolia.

April 2, 2012

‘Sense of duty’ prevented another Fukushima nuclear disaster

The Mainichi Daily News profiles Yanosuke Hirai, a technocrat in Japan, whose doggedness and sense of personal duty, compelled him to build a breakwater high enough to deflect the March…

April 2, 2012

Australia to lure more U.S. construction workers to mining projects by reforming licensing rules

Australia is hoping to lure more American plumbers, electricians and construction workers to be employed on Outback projects in the burgeoning mining and gas industries by changing how their skills…

April 2, 2012

CHALCO pays $925M for 60% of SouthGobi Resources

In a three-way deal with Robert Friedland's Ivanhoe Mines, the Aluminum Corporation of China (CHALCO) is bidding for 60% of SouthGobi Resources' and paying $8.48 for each common share.

April 2, 2012

Extreme use of mining vehicles can make them catch fire — Here’s how to protect them

Fire protection equipment specialist Worldman offers a comprehensive range of vehicle fire suppression systems designed to detect and suppress fires occurring in mine site vehicles.

April 2, 2012

Chinese government rolls up independent miners in rare earth industry group

In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as regulate its rare earths players, China is launching an industry association for the precious…

April 2, 2012

World’s first carbon neutral mine around the corner

The Yunong Qian project, located in the highlands of Nepal, might become world’s first carbon neutral mine, as Gekko Systems Pty Ltd announced today the final funding approval of the…