February 15, 2012

Demand for key rare earths, niobium and ferroalloys soaring: Handwerger

Jeb Handwerger tells The Critical Metals Report that the world remains at risk of supply shortfalls in some heavy rare earths and also in ferro alloy materials - notably niobium.

February 15, 2012

Prodigy Gold Named to the TSX Venture 50® – PRODIGY GOLD INC.

Prodigy Gold Inc. provided a company update.

February 15, 2012

Nkamouna Project Update – GEOVIC MINING CORP.

Geovic Mining Corp. provided an update on progress at the Nkamouna cobalt-nickel-manganese Project in Cameroon

February 15, 2012

Thousands of coalminers on strike at BHP’s Queensland operations

Sydney Morning Herald reports that between 3500 and 4000 miners have walked off the job at BHP Billiton's coal operations in Queensland.

February 15, 2012

Rosy Blue may turn to Rio Tinto for raw diamonds

n what can be termed as a major fallout of the indication given by the world's largest raw diamond producer De Beers that it may not increase production this year,…

February 15, 2012

Nyrstar’s meteoric rise as a miner

Born of two established metals companies as a pure smelting play in 2007, Brussels-listed Nyrstar NV has since grabbed a commanding position in the zinc supply chain with no sign…

February 15, 2012

Conditional approval for Cloudbreak Iron Ore Mine expansion in WA

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of WA has recommended strict conditional environmental approval for Fortescue Metals Group to expand their Cloudbreak Iron Ore Mine.

February 15, 2012

Avion Gold Corporation: Underground Ore Production Starts at Tabakoto Mine, Mali

Avion Gold Corporation (TSX:AVR) (OTCQX:AVGCF) is pleased to announce that production operations have started at its newly developed underground mine at the Tabakoto gold deposit in Mali, West Africa.

February 15, 2012

Cameco’s Cigar Lake Saskatchewan mine dealing with outbreak of nasty norovirus

A northern Saskatchewan mine is dealing with an outbreak of norovirus. At least three workers at Cameco's Cigar Lake mine are confirmed to have the virus and another 100 workers…

February 15, 2012

Keystone XL is the comeback kid

Republicans in the US Congress are once again attempting to force through the approval of the Keystone XL project, while the pipeline's backers TransCanada says it could receive approval early…