Colombia’s energy and mining minister Federico Renjifo, who assumed the position on Thursday, said he is aware he’ll face difficult times as analysts are predicting a slowdown in demand for the country’s commodities in coming years, but he said he’ll make sure the sector remains competitive and attractive to foreign investors.
India is already building a rare-earth mineral processing plant in the east coast state of Orissa and will invest $135 million in a new exploration ship and the refurbishing of another vessel to mine minerals under its oceans.
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has publicly said Friday it will vote against the mooted $70 billion merger between Glencore (LON:GLEN) and Xstrata (LON:XTA), which sent shares of both the Swiss commodity trader and the coal giant down the slope Thursday in London.
Australian electrician turned mining magnate Nathan Tinkler is reportedly losing $4.2 million a day on his stake in Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC), the country’s largest independent coal producer by market value.
The BCL Mine is looking at diversifying into iron ore and manganese mining as part of efforts to sustain the company beyond […]
Horizonte Minerals plc completed the Preliminary Economic Assessment for ARAGUAIA NICKEL, Brazil.
The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, has delayed its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion and said no major projects would be approved until June 2013 as it tries cutting costs.
Horizonte Minerals plc completed the Preliminary Economic Assessment for ARAGUAIA NICKEL, Brazil.
ATMOS Global ™ (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ™) launches globally its new RiskBalance+ ™ philosophy, a fully developed approach to formulating Evidence-Based Dust Management Plans ™ as part of its first-of-its-kind new global initiative VerifiedDust ™: Evidence-based Dust Management and Dust Control Verification Program ™, a global event, ‘ a journey of 1000 mines, one mine at a time™’
Philippine gold production dropped by over half, but the reduction may have more to do with tax policy than actual output.