Dec. 10--Environmental groups have asked a judge to set aside a proposed settlement under which a coal company accused of thousands of water-quality reporting violations would pay the state $507,000. The settlement is too small and will not deter furth...
- Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver has taken a dim view of British funding for opposition to oilsands development. "It's unfortunate that foreign interest groups opposed to Canadian development of our energy resources are pushing ...
Fraser Alexander was a foreman on a mine in South Africa in the early 1900s. He was in charge of building the sand and rock dumps.
Ascot Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: AOT.V - News) is pleased to announce final drill results from its successful 2011 exploration program at Premier.
Intrepid Mines Limited (TSX:IAU)(ASX:IAU) ("the Company") reports that assay results from drilling completed in the last six months around the known porphyry copper-gold zone of the Tumpangpitu area of the Tujuh Bukit Project in Indonesia have been incorporated to deliver an expanded Inferred Resource estimated at 1.7 billion tonnes at 0.41% copper and 0.46 g/t gold, at a cut-off grade of 0.2% copper.
Today I’m speaking with Patricio Varas, P.Geo., Chief Executive Officer and Director of Western Potash Corp
CBC News reports a British Columbia First Nation has announced it's backing the Northern Gateway pipeline project to ship oil sands crude to the West Coast, despite fierce opposition from dozens of other groups in the area.
The planned underground expansions to existing mines, as well as major new underground operations being looked at, means that achieving faster and more efficient development underground is as much at the fore as it has ever been. In this month's im-mining.com 'Spotlight Feature Article', from the pages of the December 2011 issue of International Mining magazine, Editor Paul Moore looks at some advances being made in helping to make faster and more efficient underground mine development a reality.
Miners are looking to enter the potash business, or expand existing operations, as they look for increased demand from developing nations such as China, India and Brazil.
A potential copper-nickel mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula had a roadblock removed recently with a judge's decision to uphold the mine permits. Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, annnounced last week that the Ingham Circuit Court upheld environmental permits issued in 2007 for the Eagle Mine. The permits had been challenged in court by groups concerned about acid mine drainage including the National Wildlife Federation.