December 15, 2011 South African court rules $89 million stake in iron ore mine wrongly awarded A South African court has ruled that the Department of Mineral Resources wrongly awarded prospecting rights to the Sishen iron ore mine to Imperial Crown Trading 289 (ICT).
December 15, 2011 Varca Ventures Uses Initial Funding to Begin Remediation of Historic 1902 Colorado Gold Mine Varca Ventures, Inc. (OTC.BB: VRCV.OB - News) announced that its first round of financing for $750,000 which was completed in October, will fund the remediation of the May Day Idaho…
December 15, 2011 Putin’s plan for world dominance: oppose hydraulic fracturing At a news conference in early November, Overheard reports that Vladimir Putin became quite critical of hydraulic fracturing claiming that the practice causes too much damage to the environment.
December 15, 2011 Rambler pours first gold from Ming mine in Newfoundland/Labrador Rambler Metals and Mining plc (CVE:RAB, LON:RMM) enjoyed a 2.5% bump in its stock price Thursday on news that the Toronto and London-listed company has poured the first gold from…
December 15, 2011 Glencore enters agreement to acquire stake In Rosh Pinah Zinc Glencore International plc today announced that a subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Exxaro Base Metals and Industrial Holdings (Proprietary) Limited to acquire Exxaro’s entire 50.04 per cent shareholding…
December 15, 2011 Prospector’s tale mines history of gold in North Adventurer. Womanizer. Prospector. Ernie Martin was perceived as many things during his lifetime, but his most remarkable achievement is one that's not known well at all.
December 15, 2011 Australian exploration spending skyrocketing Exploration for coal and iron ore has hit record highs, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
December 15, 2011 GIA Expanding Into Japan GIA has announced plans to establish a laboratory in Japan in 2012. The decision comes as GIA as experiencing a surge in the lab's services, creating a backlog of a…
December 15, 2011 Gold volatility here to stay While the price of gold recovered on Thursday after a sharp fall in the previous session, analysts say the metal is in for a lot of volatile, sideways trading.
December 15, 2011 Steel consumption in India dips Although earlier predicted to grow at a CAGR of around 10% between 2010 to 2013, steel consumption in India has slumped despite the government's proactive plans to boost economic growth.
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