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…

September 14, 2011

Intierra report highlights growing Indian mining influence

mary-river.jpg In a recent report, Intierra Resource Intelligence notes that by mine output, India is the fourth largest producer of zinc, and the sixth largest producer of lead. However, beyond…

September 13, 2011

Former Alberta premier opposes Keystone pipeline

The former premier of Alberta says he doesn't support the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project because it will take away jobs from Albertans. I would prefer...we process the bitumen from…

September 13, 2011

Hathor buffs Roughrider ahead of new response to Cameco

Junior explorer Hathor Exploration on Tuesday said a preliminary economic assessment of its Roughrider uranium deposit showed it would potentially be one of the lowest cost uranium producers in the…

September 13, 2011

Costs, labour top list of oil sands risks

Cost increases and labor shortages appear atop a list of risks facing producers in the Canadian oil sands, balanced by opportunities that include growing global oil demand and the economic…

September 13, 2011

Queensland mine workers ready to strike

Hundreds of workers at the New Acland mine are readying themselves for protracted strike action with management at New Hope Coal attempting to keep the WorkChoices era at their mine…