September 14, 2011

Century Mining Shareholders approve business combination with White Tiger Gold

Century Mining Corporation ("Century Mining" or the "Company") (TSX-V:CMM) is pleased to announce that it has received shareholder approval for the Company's proposed business combination (the "Business Combination") with White…

September 14, 2011

Barrick invests $550m to expand Peruvian mines

Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) will spend half a billion dollars to expand two of its mines in Peru, Bloomberg reports. Toronto-based Barrick, the world's largest gold miner, says it will invest…

September 14, 2011

Hanjin Shipping inks 15-year coal contract with Kospo

Hanjin Shipping signed a 15-year consecutive voyage contract on Wednesday with Korea Southern Power (Kospo) to provide two capesize vessels for the transportation of soft coal.

September 14, 2011

Dispute halts New Caledonia nickel ore exports to South Korea

A dispute in the north of New Caledonia has stopped the export of nickel ore from the SMSP site to its South Korean partner, Posco. Members of the Kaala-Gomen tribe…

September 14, 2011

UGL secures $88M of rail contracts

Engineering company UGL Limited (ASX:UGL) says it has secured two new orders valued at $88 million to supply and maintain new rail freight locomotives in Australia.

September 14, 2011

NYMEX-Crude near 6-week high as inventories plunge

U.S. crude CLc1 shed 12 cents to $90.09 a barrel after touching $90.52 on Tuesday, the highest intraday price since Aug. 4. Brent crude LCOc1 climbed 38 cents to $112.27.

September 14, 2011

Firestone Ventures announces new La Luna zinc-lead-silver project in Guatemala

Firestone Ventures Inc.(CVE:FV) reported high-grade zinc-lead-silver results from "La Luna" project, 80 km north of Guatemala City, Guatemala.

September 14, 2011

New BGS Risk List identifies speciality mined products that may see shortages

rare-earth-metals-100614-02.jpg To coincide with the British Science Festival, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has just released a new ‘Risk List’ which ranks the risk to global supply of chemical elements of…

September 14, 2011

Bilfinger Berger buys Diemme mining filter press business

255.jpg Diemme Filtration, the long-standing manufacturer and supplier of global filter presses to the mining industry located in Lugo, Italy, has been acquired from the controlling Melandri family by Bilfinger Berger SE, a leading…

September 14, 2011

ADG Global Supply spreads its mining services wings in Europe and Africa

red-images-adg-21-edit.jpg Mining services company ADG Global Supply (ASX: ADQ) has established a new London based office and distribution facilities in London and Antwerp as a part of an expansion into…