November 27, 2011

Filipino tribe protests against nickel mining venture

Members of a Filipino tribe are protesting after the country’s second richest businessman agreed to enter a nickel joint mining venture with a Chinese concern on the island of Palawan.…

November 27, 2011

Draft mining bill provides for royalty sharing in India

The Indian government set up a group of ministers to look into the proposed new draft Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011. The cabinet considered the recommendation of…

November 27, 2011

Xstrata, Highlands push back PNG study to end-2012

Miners Xstrata Copper and Highlands Pacific have delayed the completion of the feasibility study for the Frieda River joint venture copper/gold project, in Papua New Guinea, by 11 months. Xstrata…

November 27, 2011

Indochine Mining kicks off drilling near Barrick’s Porgera gold mine in PNG

Indochine Mining (ASX: IDC) has commenced the first phase of a drill programme of up to 10,000 metres at its Mt Kare gold/silver project in Papua New Guinea, designed to…

November 26, 2011

Philippines coal plant breaks ground

The Alcantara Group’s Sarangani Energy Corp. on Friday broke ground on its 200-megawatt coal-fired plant project, which is estimated to cost $400 million to build and reduce electricity rates by…

November 25, 2011

Centurion Minerals Engages Maison Placements for $2 Million Brokered Private Placement

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2011) - Centurion Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CTN) ("Centurion", "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has engaged Maison Placements Canada Inc. to act…

November 25, 2011

Public’s support of nuclear power waning; Brits and Americans buck the trend

A BBC poll enquiring about the public's appetite for nuclear power has delivered some surprising results. The poll by GlobeScan, commissioned for the BBC, asked 23,231 people in 23 countries…

November 25, 2011

Japan Oct rolled copper output down 11.5 pct yr/yr

The figure represents an 8 percent decrease from September, the Japan Copper and Brass Association said.

November 25, 2011

SAIL cuts India’s steel demand outlook by 6 pct

India’s steel demand is likely to grow by 6 per cent in the current fiscal year, nearly half the earlier forecast, as higher interest rates squeeze demand from the automobile…

November 25, 2011

POSCO Power to build 600MW coal-fired power plant in Indonesia

POSCO Power revealed on November 23 that it was selected as a preferred bidder for the development of a coal-fired power plant ordered by the Indonesian state-run power company PT.…