For this special report from the Cambridge House Silver Summit in Spokane, Washington, The Gold Report caught up with three silver investing experts: James Turk, chairman of GoldMoney; Andrew Kaip, vice president of Precious Metals & Mining at BMO Capital Markets; and Ian McAvity, a writer at Deliberations on World Markets.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 24, 2011) - Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX:SVM)(NYSE:SVM) ("Silvercorp" or the "Company") advises that it has received the report of KPMG Forensic Inc. ("KPMG"), commissioned by its Special Committee (the "KPMG Report") to review the allegations issued by two anonymous sources in September respecting the Company's financial position.
Alacer Gold (TSE:ASR) reports no injuries or damage occurred at the Çöpler Gold Project after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the southern part of Turkey. Over 200 people are confirmed dead with hundreds of more casualties expected. Structural damage near the earthquake is extensive. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the epicenter was in the village of Tabani, about 410 kilometers southeast of Çöpler.
FOR most people passing on the A1, the beach at Thorntonloch will not seem appealing. For one thing, there’s a vast ugly box overlooking the strand that gives the place another name. They call that Torness. In a "graphite-moderated” gas-cooled...
A COAL-fired power plant in Toledo City has asked the court to “dissolve” an order prohibiting electricity producers in Cebu from dumping coal ash in alternative facilities or to give it to people who need backfill materials. As this developed, Cap...
International News: Beijing, Oct 22 (IANS) Five officials were sacked after a coal mine gas explosion killed 11 people and injured two in northwest China's Shaanxi province, authorities said Saturday. The officials, who were either in charge of th...
Today the Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC) expressed its strong support of the BC government’s recent $30 million out of court settlement with Boss Power Corp and its move to resolve the consequences of the politically-driven ban on uranium and thorium exploration in British Columbia.
It is vital for the South African government to step up and take a bigger stake in the mining industry, a top economic advisor told those attending a Mining for Change conference in Johannesburg on Friday. The comments come one week ahead of so-called Economic Freedom Youth Mass Action marches on the Chamber of Mines and stock exchange organized by Julius Malema (pictured), populist leader of the influential youth wing of the ruling African National Congress with the support of the 260,000 member Metalworkers Union. Malema recently told crowds that the nationalization debate within the ANC is a question of how not if, and an August industry-led investigation said the ruling party is closest to seizing mines since the end of white rule in 1994.
Facing a skills shortage in mining, the government of Mozambique is planning to train 4000 people for the mining industry over the next four years, including geologists, engineers and metallurgists, reports Club of Mozambique.
Speaking about the current situation, [Mozambican Mining Resources minister Esperança] Bias said that every year Eduardo Mondlane University took on around 20 students for this area and trained around half of them and that at the Higher Polytechnic Institute the total number of trainees was between 20 and 30 per year. These figures are still far below requirements, as, according to the minister, “if we analyse current mining activities in Mozambique, we can immediately see that the number of professionals that leave educational establishments is very small.”
Metso DNA is again leading the way by being the first in the world to introduce new control applications that enhance productivity and profitability in energy industries, pulp and paper industries, and as a new area, mining and construction industries.