The National Aluminum Company Ltd (NALCO) has obtained the final forest clearance permit for bauxite mining in the Indian state of Orissa. The renewal of its bauxite mining lease for the Panchpatmali South Block in Koraput district of Orissa for 20 more years required the diversion of 110.3 hectares of forest land.
By Joel Scanlon
26 Jul 2011
The Ahafo underground mining project owned by Newmont Ghana will commence in 2013-14. The mine is located in Kenyasi, the capital of the Asutifi District in the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. The project is part of the Subika mine site.
The rescue of 33 miners trapped in an underground mine in Chile is now going to hit the big screen. Producer Mike Medavoy maker of the Black Swan and his company Phoenix Pictures have come to an agreement with the miners to turn their ordeal into a motion picture.
By Joel Scanlon
26 Jul 2011
Quadra FNX Mining said that there has been a 20% increase in the second quarter production for 2011. The combined payable production included 55 million pounds of copper, 27 thousand ounces of total precious metals and 2 million pounds of nickel.
By Joel Scanlon
26 Jul 2011
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has won a landmark case against Rio Tinto in Western Australia. The full bench of the Federal Court has ruled that the non-union collective agreements that Rio Tinto had with its mine workers in the Pilbara region were invalid.
Victory Energy and its partner Aurora Energy have proclaimed that their Nassau #1 well in Jones County has attained a target depth of 5,325 ft and is currently entering the completion phase.
By Joel Scanlon
26 Jul 2011
Drillsearch Energy has spud the fourth well, Bauer-1, in the five well program after the third drilling success at the Western Flank Oil Fairway along with the oil discovery at Arno-1.
By Joel Scanlon
26 Jul 2011
Taku Gold has reported the final results of a primary soil geochemical, deep auger-type survey, which was completed at the Montana property containing 292 claims during early June 2011.
Antioquia Gold is preparing for the significant progress at the Cisneros project to improve the objective of production.
Namibia plans to get a larger slice out of the profits generated by mining by increasing its mining tax by 17%. Namibia is a country rich with mineral resources and a reasonably well established mining industry that already generates 25% of Namibia's revenue, mining is the single most important contributor to the economy.
By Joel Scanlon
25 Jul 2011
The New South Wales Minerals Council said that the health and safety of miners could be in jeopardy without harmonized Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations. The chief executive of the NSW Minerals Council, Nikki Williams made the statement at the largest OHS conference which hosted over 500 people.
By Joel Scanlon
25 Jul 2011
In Queensland a Wagyû cattle breeding farm is to be sold to Xstrata. The Swiss mining giant is buying the 17,474 hectare pastoral farm from the Australian Agricultural Company. The deal has been struck for $21.6 million and the farm is to be sold minus the cattle and machinery.
By Joel Scanlon
25 Jul 2011
A Deloitte Access Economics report said that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would increase interest rates three times over the coming year. This will be in response to rising wages that go along with the mining boom that will help lift the economy out of the slump that it went into following natural disasters.
By Joel Scanlon
25 Jul 2011
Thor Mining has acknowledged two drilling targets in the Dundas Gold Project in Western Australia. The project is located within the Albany-Fraser province in that extends along the southern and southwestern margin of the Yilgarn Craton.
New South Wales is getting tough new rules for the coal seam gas (CSG) mining industry. The moratorium is to deal with the controversial ‘fracking’ process that is used in the coal seam gas mining industry. They hope to ban the use of certain toxic chemicals that are a part of the process.
By Joel Scanlon
24 Jul 2011