July 15, 2011 Macmahon win Tropicana Gold contract Macmahon Holdings have won a 10-year mining contract to develop the Tropicana Gold project. Worth an estimated $900 million, the contract includes mine planning, drill and blast, load and haul,…
July 15, 2011 Changes to reporting criteria for coal and CSG exploration in NSW Changes have been made to the planning and performance reporting criteria for the New South Wales coal and coal seam gas industries.
July 15, 2011 Midas Gold Corp. IPO values Vista Gold investment at Cdn$103 Million Vista Gold Corp. (TSX & NYSE Amex Equities: VGZ) today announced that Midas Gold Corp. has successfully completed an IPO, issuing 12,307,700 common shares of Midas for gross proceeds of…
July 15, 2011 M3 Engineering and Technology Corporation contracted for Preliminary Economic Assessment of Cieneguita Silver and Gold project Further to its press release of June 29th, 2011, Pan American Goldfields Ltd. (OTCBB: MXOM) has entered into an agreement with M3 Engineering and Technology Corporation for the execution and…
July 15, 2011 Four reasons to be bullish on potash The Financial Post reported a Citi analyst’s case for bullishness on potash: Fall is expected to be a strong season for fertilizers after spring application came in 10% lower that…
July 15, 2011 White House supported oil sands pipeline in 2009, WikiLeaks cable shows At a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania in early April, President Barack Obama was asked about a bitter fight between industry and environmentalists over a proposed $7 billion, 2,000-mile pipeline…
July 15, 2011 MINING.Com Podcast: Canadian iron ore project advancing An iron ore project in northeastern Canada whose proponent is calling "the next Consolidated Thompson," has taken an important step forward. Alderon Iron Ore Corp. (TSE:ADV) has begun filing material…
July 15, 2011 Musselwhite Mine Evacuation: Goldcorp removes North Ontario miners due to forest fires Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) has removed most of its 380 employees from the Musselwhite mine in northwestern Ontario due to forest fires in the area.
July 15, 2011 Wits school of mining engineering making headway in improving ‘already high’ standards of education The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) School of Mining Engineering says it is making significant progress in achieving the ten strategic goals that it set itself at the beginning of…
July 14, 2011 Brazil’s Usiminas leases iron ore access in $1.16 billion deal Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas said on Thursday it agreed to pay at least $1.16 billion to have long-term access to iron ore resources, seeking to battle a surge in prices for…
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
