March 21, 2012 Next week’s Canadian budget will be good for mining, oilsands The Canadian federal budget due to be released next week will please miners and the oil patch and is likely to make environmental groups see red, not green.
March 21, 2012 A clash over mining and water A plan to dig a vast copper mine in arid southern Arizona is pitting the needs of American industry — and arguably the national economy — against a coalition of…
March 21, 2012 Aussie tax may have silver lining in higher coal, iron ore prices The 30% tax on iron ore and coal producers passed by the Australian government may raise the prices of those commodities but will also shrink margins of steelmakers, analysts say.
March 21, 2012 Thirteen year old gold sale has cost UK GBP11 billion Gordon Brown's sale of 400 tons of gold in 1999 has cost the United Kingdom GBP11 billion, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, in his 2012 budget speech.
March 21, 2012 Appalachian coal fights for survival Coal mining in Appalachia has survived deadly explosions, the Great Depression and the country’s largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The latest threat is booming shale-gas production.
March 21, 2012 Codelco experimenting with ‘biomining’ in Chile BBC News reports on new technology used for mining copper in Chile. Biosigma, a joint venture between Codelco and Nippon Metals and Mining, is experimenting with microbes that break down…
March 21, 2012 Robertson Equipment wins 2011 Eriez® Merwin sales award Charlie Ingram, Eriez® Vice President of Sales and Marketing, announces that Robertson Equipment Company of Strongsville, Ohio has earned the 2011 Merwin Award. Eriez presents this award each year to…
March 21, 2012 Green Swan Continues With Acquisition Strategy in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle BURLINGTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 21, 2012) - Green Swan Capital Corp. ("Green Swan") (TSX VENTURE:GSW) announced it has received regulatory approval for its previously announced acquisition of "AshleyGold", and has…
March 21, 2012 Australia’s mining boom to generate $225 billion in exports by 2017 Australia's resources and energy commodity export earnings will continue to grow over the medium term to reach a record $225 billion in 2016-17, said today the Bureau of Resources and…
March 21, 2012 McGarry mine inches toward production Armistice Resources of Toronto continues to make solid progress towards bringing the McGarry gold mine back into production near Kirkland Lake. The company says also that development and exploration work…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
