September 2, 2011 Xstrata upgrades Papua New Guinea Frieda River The copper unit of Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) Friday announced a 10% increase in the copper resource base of its Papua New Guinea Frieda River copper-gold project and said…
September 2, 2011 Indian gold dealers resort to selling gold leaf There is no need to advocate investment in Gold amongst most Indian consumers. The meteoric ascent in Gold Prices, however, is beginning to test many investors, writes MineWeb’s Shivom Seth in…
September 1, 2011 New wind turbine design may give nuclear and coal a run for its money NHK World reported that Japanese researchers have created a new design for wind turbines that doubles and even triples the power of conventional models. The wind lense turbines, currently operating…
September 1, 2011 Japan’s leading indium producer ups prices for September After keeping prices at a steady rate in August, Dowa Electronics Materials has raised its prices for the minor metal by 2 000 yen for September for large-out buyers. Dowa…
August 31, 2011 PNG’s new leaders try to assuage miners while tightening grip on power Papua New Guinea’s new prime minister Peter O'Neill and the country's Investment Promotion Authority have moved to quell concern about proposed changes governing ownership of resources in the country saying…
August 31, 2011 Outotec collaborates with the Mongolian government to develop mining and metallurgical processing of Mongolian mineral resources Outotec has agreed on collaboration with the Ministry of Minerals Resources and Energy of Mongolia (MME) during the visit of Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland, to…
August 31, 2011 Nautilus Minerals to raise $100 million for PNG seafloor project Nautilus Minerals (TSX:NUS)(AIM:NUS) is to raise approximately US$100 million (C$98.1 million*) through a private placement of common shares to fund the development of its first project, Solwara 1, in the…
August 31, 2011 India looking to get into rare earth game A government panel is working on a strategy to encourage discovery of rare earth elements in India, Economic Times has revealed: "The committee will look into the current availability of…
August 30, 2011 Iron ore miners call the shots as China steelmakers’ profits melt away China's 27 largest steel companies saw a 15.7% decrease in the first-half profits from a year earlier for a combined profit of $1.6 billion, according to the Shanghai-based researcher Wind…
August 30, 2011 India steel industry struggling on shortage of iron ore India's Steel industry is struggling on account of severe shortage of Iron Ore following the ban on mining in Karnataka following the detection of several illegal mining firms operating in…
Codelco, SQM kick off lithium tie-up with board meeting The NovaAndino Litio company was established after an agreement signed in May 2024 and valid until 2060. December 29, 2025 | 07:59 am
