October 17, 2011

Facing ‘dirty’ label, oil patch looks to partners

corporate heavyweights in Fort McMurray, Alta., will help to derail a new fuel standard they say discriminates against oil sands crude. Some time in the next few weeks, European nations…

October 17, 2011

New version of Gemcom Minex geology and mine planning targets growing number of underground coal mines

gemcon-43.jpg Gemcom Software International has released Gemcom Minex TM 6.1, the latest version of the industry’s only integrated end-to-end software solution designed specifically for stratified deposits. Minex fully integrates all…

October 17, 2011

Gindalbie Metals September 2011 Quarterly Report

To date a total of $1.6 billion has been spent on the development of the Karara Project. Australian content currently makes up more than 90% of the construction cost including…

October 17, 2011

Zimbabwe’s PM critical of local ownership rules for mining companies

Speaking at an agricultural conference in Johannesburg on Monday, Zimbabwe's PM Morgan Tsvangirai described the country's controversial law requiring foreign mining companies to be majority-owned by local blacks as too…

October 17, 2011

South Australian government approves Ironclad’s Mining Licence Proposal (MLP)

The emergence of Australia's newest iron ore mine took a significant step forward today with the South Australian Government approving IronClad Mining's (ASX: IFE) comprehensive Mining Licence Proposal (MLP) for…

October 17, 2011

Stellar Diamonds Final Results For The Year Ended 30 June 2011

Stellar Diamonds plc, the London listed (AIM: STEL) diamond mining and exploration company focused on West Africa, announces its audited results for the year ended 30 June 2011.

October 17, 2011

Hodges Resources [ASX: HDG] – Drilling identifies thick shallow coal intersections at the Morupule South Coal Project, Botswana

Hodges Resources Ltd (ASX: HDG) has announced the initial findings of the drilling currently underway at the Company's Morupule South Coal Project (PL121/2010) in Botswana.* Initial three holes intersect good…

October 17, 2011

China’s gold output rises 6% in Aug, peaks at 31.89 t

World's biggest gold producer, China, produced 31.89 tonnes of gold in August, which was a 6% increase from the previous month. SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's gold output rose six percent…

October 17, 2011

A hijacking of the PC Party

a grant of $239,000 was dished out to environmental activists to fund "Tipping Point, The Age of Oilsands," an extremely biased and damning examination of oil sands development, which was…

October 17, 2011

New dense medium cyclone offers benefits in coal processing

Weir Minerals Africa is poised to go into full production with its fully locally fabricated Cavex® ceramic dense medium (DM) cyclone, developed to offer coal companies around the world an…