Xstrata Copper has concerns over finding skilled workers in Queensland given the high volume of mining activity taking place in the state and in Western Australia.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
Environmental concerns are affecting China's mining activities again. Zijin Mining Group was required to shut down a copper plant in Shanghang in the Fujian province after a team of government investigators found a substantial leakage of waste water on July 3, 2101.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
Oz Minerals (ASX:OZL) hopes to create 250 new jobs at its Prominent Hill operation now that the new federal mining law does not affect copper ore. Prominent Hill is a open cut copper and gold mine.
Concerns over blasting to build a ship channel are growing amongst environmentalists regarding the LNG plant that Inpex will build in Darwin Harbour. The company needs to blast away rock to make a new shipping channel for its gas plant.
BP officials must be heaving a sigh of relief for the first time since April as the new cap on the oil leak seems to be holding, and the gush of oil into the Gulf of Mexico now appears to be controlled.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Jul 2010
Linc Energy (ASX:LNC) shares have jumped more than 36% after it said it was in talks with Adani Enterprises to sell its coal mines. Linc Energy CEO Peter Bond said that the coal mines at the Galilee tenement, which Adani is looking to buy, were valued at $1.3 billion.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
The day did not go as well as imagined for the largest producer of surface mined coal in Ohio. In fact Oxford Resource Partners LP (OXF:US) found its shares slipping on the first day of trading in its $162 Million IPO.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
A full financial, technical and environmental review will be undertaken by the members of the U.S. Export - Import Bank before they take a vote on giving India's Reliance Power a loan. The loan worth $600 million is to finance a new coal fired power plant to be located in India.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
Indophil Resources (ASX:IRN) is looking for potential buyers after Zijin Mining Group Co. decided to terminate a takeover offer relating to the open pit ban in South Cotabato province of the Philippines which impacts its Tampakan Copper-Gold Project.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
The Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett is not the Queensland's mining communities' most favorite person right now. Billions of dollars worth of Coal Seam Gas projects in Queensland are on hold for three months so that Mr. Garrett can study the impact of these projects on the environment.
BP is all set to test the new cap that it has placed over its damaged well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The testing procedure is expected to last from 6 to 48 hours.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
Hunter Valley mining activities may be increasing air pollution in the villages surrounding it, but the government feels the pollution is within acceptable and safe limits.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
Rio Tinto is ramping up work in the Pilbara region of Australia. The mining giant has pledged US$200 million in funding for its iron ore operations expansion in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
Mine safety officials in the United States are hoping for a quick passage of the new mining bill which will crack down on mines with safety problems. The industry has been complaining that the new legislation is too punitive.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010
In India the supposed illegal mining activities of brothers, Karnataka State Revenue Minister G Karunakara Reddy and Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy, were questioned by the Governor H R Bhardwaj in a public statement today.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Jul 2010