March 14, 2012 Diamond shortfall could shut Zimbabwe government: minister Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday warned the government could shut down, as new diamond sales from the controversial Marange fields are falling far short of expectations.
March 14, 2012 SGS Canada Inc. expanding and creating jobs and investment in Lakefield SGS Canada Inc. received approval today to expand their Lakefield facilities with the construction of a new 41,000 square foot lab facility. Council for the Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield approved the…
March 14, 2012 Green Swan Continues With Acquisition Strategy in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle Green Swan Capital Corp. ("Green Swan") (TSX VENTURE:GSW) today announced it has agreed to purchase a package of six non-contiguous mining tenures in southeastern British Columbia.
March 14, 2012 Zimbabwe’s 2012 Gold Output Slower than Expected Reuters reported that Zimbabwe gold production has started slow this year, missing output targets. As quoted in the market news: Gold production reached 8 tonnes in 2011, up from a…
March 14, 2012 Impala Platinum transferring 51% of mine stake to Zimbabwe’s government called ‘naive and irresponsible’ South Africa's Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats), the world’s second-largest platinum producer by volume, has agreed to transfer 51% of Zimplats, its subsidiary in Zimbabwe, after long-drawn-out negotiations with the government…
March 14, 2012 Japan buys US$435m Xstrata’s stake in Canadian coal operations Japanese JX Nippon Oil & Energy acquired a 25% of diversified miner Xstrata Coal operations in Western Canada for US$435 million, creating a joint venture that will build the business…
March 14, 2012 Suncor Energy reports unplanned maintenance on oil sands upgrader Suncor Energy announced today that one of its two upgraders (U2) at its oil sands facility will be taken offline for unplanned maintenance due to a U2 fractionator performance issue.
March 14, 2012 What are the world’s 10 richest diamond mines? Which country is home to the richest diamond mines? If you said Canada, you'd be close, and if you said Botswana or South Africa, you'd be right on the money.…
March 14, 2012 Oil sands reclamation not all it’s cracked up to be: Researchers A trio of researchers at the University of Alberta says oil sands reclamation isn’t doing everything companies are claiming.
March 13, 2012 Bayfield Drills 13.94 g/t Au Over 3.0m Within 3.46 g/t Au Over 19.5m in Eastern Zone at Burns Block in Rainy River District, NW Ontario Bayfield Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BYV) (OTCBB:BYVVF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce additional assays from the exploration of the eastern portion of the Burns Block.
Indonesia identifies eight blocks with large rare earth reserve potential The blocks will be mined by the new state-owned miner Perminas. February 10, 2026 | 09:51 am
