January 3, 2012

PetroChina takes over Canadian oil sands project

Canadian oil producer Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) has exercised its option to sell its remaining 40 per cent interest in the MacKay River oil sands project to Cretaceous,…

January 3, 2012

Mineweb’s gold guru for 2011 – Price prediction competition results

January 3, 2012

Dr. Copper heading back to school

January 3, 2012

Hart Project Update – LIBERTY MINES INC.

Liberty Mines Inc. updated the Pre-Feasibility Study results for Hart project, Canada.

January 3, 2012

New release – English – CAMECO CORPORATION

Cameco Corp. announced that it has reached the main mine workings with the second shaft at the CIGAR LAKE project, Canada.

January 3, 2012

Redpath expands shaft sinking capabilities with acquisition of Deilmann-Haniel

J.S. Redpath Holdings has acquired Deilmann-Haniel Shaft Sinking of Dortmund, Germany, effective January 1, 2012.

January 3, 2012

An excavator climbs up then balances upon a tower

A Liebherr excavator climbed up and then balanced upon a specially built tower in Vienna, Austria.

January 3, 2012

Whiting Equipment Canada Inc. awarded major contract from Vale for significant expansion of World Potash Production Capacity

Whiting Equipment Canada Inc. announced today an agreement with VALE for the turnkey supply of salt evaporators and potash crystallizers for their Potasio Rio Colorado (PRC) potash solution mining plant…

January 2, 2012

The top mining bloggers, newsletter writers and speakers: our list of who to follow for investment advice

Mining is fueled by investors and the lure of the next lucky strike. Here are some of the investment writers we like to follow, subscriber-based newsletter writers, as well as…

January 2, 2012

Criminals determine gold’s future

According to faulty interpretations of Mayan calendars, 2012 is supposed to bring with it the demise of humanity.