September 6, 2012

Hastings Project Scoping Study Results – HASTINGS RARE METALS LIMITED

Hastings Rare Metals Ltd. completed the Scoping Study for Hastings, Australia.

September 6, 2012

Global X Funds launches junior miners ETF

Global X Funds, the New York based provider of exchange traded funds, launched Thursday the Global X Junior Miners ETF (NYSE Arca: JUNR), the firts platform that provides access to…

September 6, 2012

Partial truce reached at South Africa’s Lonmin mine

Platinum miner Lonmin's (LON:JSE) has signed an agreement to end a nearly four-week platinum-mine strike and return to Marikana mine by Monday, but key parties didn't participate, undermining the government-backed…

September 6, 2012

Parti Québécois victory casts doubt with miners

Quebec is regarded as one of the most attractive jurisdictions in the world for mining, if not the very best. But is that about to change? The Parti Québécois victory…

September 6, 2012

INFOGRAPHIC: Uses and demand for gold

The creative department at Visual Capitalist has come up with another infographic on gold. In this, the last of a three-part series, they show us how gold is used across…

September 6, 2012

Canada’s mining industry joins forces with NGOs to improve transparency

A new working group of national-level mining and exploration associations and transparency-focused NGOs announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve Canada's transparency regime as it…

September 6, 2012

Canarail awarded major contract in northern Quebec and Labrador

The President of CANARAIL is pleased to announce the recent signature of a contract with the mining company Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) to help the miner improve and optimize its…

September 6, 2012

Paramount raises San Miguel gold project resources estimate by 547%

The new estimate reports 639,000 ounces of gold in the indicated category and another 830,000 ounces of gold classified as inferred.

September 6, 2012

South Africa’s economic outlook darkens over mining turmoil

The South African economy has struggled over the past few weeks as reports of unrest in the country’s mines drove down the equities of most local miners.

September 6, 2012

Minera IRL Ltd Discovers New Mineralized System at Don Nicolas Project, Argentina

Minera IRL Limited ( TSX:IRL) (AIM:MIRL) (BVL:MIRL), a Latin American-focused gold mining company, is pleased to announce the discovery of a significant […]