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
Lundin Mining announced on Thursday that it was going to produce less zinc and copper than its 2011 guidance. This is mainly due to unpredictable mining rates in the Portugal based Neves Corvo mine as per the company.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the guidelines for surface mining and they include a new standard for judging the impact of mining operations on regional water quality. The surface mining guidelines have caused quite a controversy in the Appalachian coal county that includes Eastern Kentucky.
By Joel Scanlon
24 Jul 2011
Evrim Resources has proclaimed that the exploration activity is in progress at the Arroyo Amarillo copper project in Mexico. Vale Exploration Canada funds and oversees the exploration work.
By Joel Scanlon
22 Jul 2011
Northern Vertex Capital has reported further results of six holes from the 27,000 ft drilling at the Moss gold-silver project, which is located in the former Oatman Mining district, Northwestern Arizona.
By Joel Scanlon
22 Jul 2011
Concordia Resource has started core drilling program at the Albisu property, which is a grassroots discovery situated in northern Nevada.
By Joel Scanlon
22 Jul 2011
Victory Nickel has reported further positive results from the Minago sulphide nickel project, located on the Thompson Nickel Belt in Manitoba. These results continue to confirm the continuity of the North limb nickel mineralized domain potential at the project.
By Joel Scanlon
22 Jul 2011
Campbell Newman a Liberal National Party leader said that the Queensland state government had failed to regulate the proper growth of the coal seam gas (CSG) sector in the state. The party wants stronger scrutiny of CSG mining and this was outlined by Shadow Primary Industries Minister Ray Hopper as well.
By Joel Scanlon
21 Jul 2011