March 27, 2012 Silver tailings: Profitable waste? Tailings are materials produced from mining such as milled rock and effluents. In many cases, massive quantities of these materials, regarded as waste, are left from previous operations. Given the…
March 27, 2012 Australian coal workers to strike at BHP Bowen Basin mines Workers at BHP Billiton's (BHP.AX: Quote) seven Bowen Basin coal mines in Australia will go on strike beginning Tuesday night following unproductive negotiations over work conditions with the company, the…
March 27, 2012 Greencastle Options Base Metal Exploration Properties in Northwest Ontario Greencastle Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:VGN) ("Greencastle" or the "Company"), has signed a formal agreement with Linear Metals Corporation ("Linear") whereby Linear assigns all right, title, and interest in and to…
March 27, 2012 Coal Miner’s Daughter, Chinese style In China these days, if you’re a daughter in one of the country’s growing numbers of well-off coal mining families, a big part of life involves managing the risks you bear in getting your clan in…
March 27, 2012 Credit Suisse “skeptical” about potash price A Credit Suisse research note recommends Agrium, Mosaic and Potash Corp, but is "growing skeptical over whether potash prices can regain the momentum seen last year."
March 27, 2012 Carbon Friendly Solutions signs MOU with major iron and shell producer in China Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (CNSX: CFQ) announced the company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Microcoal International Inc. (“MCI”), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Hebei Iron and Steel Group…
March 27, 2012 From energy footnote to oil giant: Infographing the Canadian oil boom Infographics design firm Visual Capitalist has constructed a very interesting infographic on the Canadian oil boom. Thanks mostly to the northern Alberta oilsands, the amount of crude oil underneath Canadian…
March 27, 2012 Canada to trim environmental assessments for large projects Canada's government will disclose new guidelines this week to reduce the time it takes for environmental reviews of major energy and industrial projects, in a move that Reuters qualifies as…
March 27, 2012 You want ice with that? Centerra dives 18% after saying waste and ice will cut Kumtor production by 200,000 oz Centerra Gold said labour strikes last month worsened the extent of the ice and waste flows and that it now can't access the high grade zone at its massive mine…
March 27, 2012 Entree Gold upgrades and expands resources at Ann Mason "With over 5 billion pounds of copper estimated at the indicated level and another 3.5 billion pounds estimated at the inferred level, Ann Mason should now be recognized as a…
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