February 3, 2012 Xstrata tailings dam failure imminent? This must be every miners nightmare: contradicting opinions on the safety of your tailings facility. At this link is a report that is not all that specific about the technical…
February 3, 2012 Canada: Pipeline Rejection Highlights Oil Sands Hurdles Alberta-to-Texas oil pipeline expansion has raised questions about how massive anticipated output growth in production from Canada's oil sands will find enough markets.
February 2, 2012 Boston shipwreck contains $3 billion of platinum Treasure hunters are working to recover cargo on a World War II merchant ship, which was sunk by German u-boats just off Boston, that was carrying 71.4 tons of platinum,…
February 2, 2012 Finsch to help Petra double output in 2012 With production up by 64% to 935 553 ct for the six months ended December 31, LSE-listed Petra Diamonds on Wednesday said it was on track to achieve two-million carats…
February 2, 2012 Main says violations at US coal mines down in 2011 Coal operators across the country are changing the way they work, and mines are becoming safer, but the head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Thursday there…
February 2, 2012 Ritchie Bros. to sell its largest number of equipment items ever in one auction More than 9,100 heavy equipment items and trucks to sell over six days in Orlando, FL between February 13 - 18, 2012
February 2, 2012 Peregrine Completes Chidliak Purchase and Announces Senior Management Appointment Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") (TSX:PGD) is pleased to report that it has completed the purchase of BHP Billiton's 51 percent participating interest in the 8,580 square kilometre…
February 2, 2012 Glenstrata: Not just mining’s biggest ever deal, a new kind of resource giant Glencore International is in talks with Xstrata to merge in a deal that would create a $80 billion rival to BHP Billiton, Vale, Rio Tinto and China's Shenhua. Here's a…
February 2, 2012 Metso to supply bulk materials handling equipment to Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. in Australia Metso will supply a tandem rotary railcar dumper to Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. in Australia. The equipment will be delivered to Hamersley Iron's Cape Lambert, Port B iron ore operation…
February 2, 2012 Imperial Metals Corporation: Red Chris Mineral Resource Tonnage Increased by 103% Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III) reports a tonnage increase of 103% in the Measured and Indicated Resource at its Red Chris copper/gold deposit. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) -…
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