Rosemont Copper, a new copper project in southern Arizona, with strong environmental credentials, has ordered 14 filter presses from FL Smidth's Salt Lake City facility.
The European steel body has urged EU regulators to prevent what they call unfair competition warning that the increase in prices could hamper economic recovery in Europe
Listed Queensland explorer Ivanhoe Australia, which is controlled by Robert Friedland's Ivanhoe Mines, disclosed today it will immediately start a pre-feasibility study on its Merlin molybdenum and rhenium project in the Australian State of Queensland.
The rush to open the Wangjialing coal mine ahead of schedule may have caused danger warnings to be ignored concerning the possibility of flooding that now has trapped 153 Chinese workers underground.
A long delay in the Royal Canadian Mint's 2008 annual report ended as it was tabled by the Canadian Parliament, revealing unprecedented demand for bullion, and 17,500 ounces of gold unaccounted for.
A mineral sands deposit that was seen as a potential world dominator in the late 1980s has now passed through the hands of one Australian junior company with specialty interests to another hopeful junior.
As commodity markets rallied on the news of the eurozone/IMF solution to the Greek debt issue, Scotiabank economist Pat Mohr said strengthening industrial recovery in the G7 should continue the momentum.
BMO Commodity Strategist Bart Melek says the new eurozone/IMF Greek debt plan and firming fundamentals are lending support to nickel, copper and the miners.
For the second time this month, workers are trapped underground as a result of accidental flooding in state-sanctioned Chinese coal projects now under construction.