The Queensland government’s plan to save large parts of land for farming is unacceptable to the mining industry. A study which was commissioned by the Queensland Resources Council based on scientific and peer review evidence found that the criteria for the government’s strategic cropping land policy were not clearly defined.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Jun 2011
Itochu Corp is to invest $1.6 billion in thermal coal operations in Colombia. The deal with Drummond Co. of the United States will give Itochu a 10% stake in the coal mining operations. The deal includes an exclusive right to export the extracted coal to Japan.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Jun 2011
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a law reducing tax breaks to the mining industry, killing the tax cap that was in the constitution since 1864. The new law needs the state Taxation Department to report each year to the new commission on the expenses and deductions of each mining company operating in the state.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Jun 2011
A comment by Western Australia Liberal MP has taken the media by storm. When MP Don Randall said that the mining industry was being ‘pussy whipped’ by Julia Gillard he would not have expected his comment to be the beginning of such a controversy. Or perhaps he did.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Jun 2011
Midlands Minerals has announced the reverse circulation (RC) drill results from the Kaniago west zone. This is one of three zones in a strike length of 7 km that is targeted for drilling at the Kaniago-Abore-Keegan trend.
Dios Exploration is executing the diamond drilling again at the Shipshaw carbonatite complex, which are a few kilometers away from the Niobec mine in Quebec.
Cadillac Ventures has reported the initial assay results from the hole CV-11-05 drilled at the Thierry Mine project. This last deep hole CV-11-05 was drilled at depth into the tooth shaped void of the project.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Jun 2011
Salazar Resources is a mineral resource group that is carrying out the exploration and development of new high-potential areas in Ecuador.
Cap-Ex Ventures has got and interpreted the primary data from the latest Airborne FALCON Gravity Gradiometer and High Sensitivity Magnetometer survey at the Redmond and Block 103 properties in the Labrador Trough, Quebec.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Jun 2011
Monster Mining has begun an airborne geophysical survey at its Keno-Lightning project near Keno City in Yukon.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Jun 2011
Velocity Minerals has recommenced a geochemical soil survey at its A-claims in the Orogrande mining district, Idaho.
Rio Alto Mining has announced drilling results from 18 reverse circulation (RC) holes in and around the Calaorco pit, which is at the La Arena gold oxide mine in Peru.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Jun 2011
Cadan Resources has unveiled an update about the underground progression of its T'Boli gold-silver mine.
By Joel Scanlon
17 Jun 2011
Almaden Minerals has announced the initial results from a recently finished Titan 24 deep penetration geophysical survey at its Willow project.
Iron Road Ltd, an independent, South Australian focused iron ore project developer, is ready to build a major magnetite iron ore project on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The community around Warramboo has traditionally been a farming region but if the open cut mine is established it would convert to a mining zone.