November 2, 2011

Rio Tinto boosts driverless truck fleet for use in Pilbara

World #2 iron ore miner Rio Tinto has reached a deal with Komatsu to buy 150 driverless truck over the next four years. The new trucks, which will start arriving…

November 2, 2011

Decade Resources Ltd.: 12.04 g/t Gold Over 15.85 Metres Intersected on Down Dip Extension of the Upper Montrose Zone

Decade Resources Ltd. ("Decade" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:DEC) reports it has received assay results for a further 4 drill holes and part of a fifth drill hole completed on…

November 2, 2011

Royal Nickel planning to build $1.1 billion nickel mine

Royal Nickel (TSE:RNX) plans to advance its Dumont Nickel project, which is estimated to generate $1.1 billion after tax NPV, after receiving a prositive pre-feasibility study. The company, which made…

November 2, 2011

Full Metal Identifies Multiple Gold Anomalies and Expands Land Package at Circle Project, Alaska

Full Metal Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:FMM) ("Full Metal") is pleased to announce the Company has received encouraging surface sampling results from multiple gold targets in the Circle Mining District (See…

November 2, 2011

StoneShield Receives Data From Geldenhoof Summer 2011 Exploration

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 2, 2011) - StoneShield Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:STS)(FRANKFURT:5XS) ("StoneShield" or the "Company") it pleased to announce that it has received final assay results from its…

November 2, 2011

Randgold up 7% after shooting the lights out in West Africa

Shares of Randgold Resources, a pure-play gold mining company focused on west and central Africa, soared 7.4% Wednesday after announcing third quarter production increased 80% and sales jumped to $309.6…

November 2, 2011

Sarama Resources completes IPO to raise $16.7 million for Burkina Faso gold exploration

Sarama Resources Ltd. are pleased to announce the completion of our initial public offering ("Offering") and the issuance of a total of 18,538,711 Units (which includes the partial exercise of…

November 2, 2011

ABWR fit for aircraft impact

American safety regulators have certified an amended version of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), opening the door for its construction at the South Texas Project and other US sites.

November 2, 2011

Concerns of fission at unit 2

The possible detection of xenon at Fukushima Daiichi 2 has led to questions over ongoing fission, but detection is uncertain and a translation error may have exacerbated anxiety.

November 2, 2011

Tenke Fungurume gets green light for $850 million expansion

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has approved a US$850 million expansion to the Tenke Fungurume mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lundin Mining, a partner at the mine…