February 15, 2012

India diamond industry under threat from Chinese dragon

Is the Rs 80,000 crore worth of diamond manufacturing industry in the world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat under threat from the Chinese dragon? With a huge…

February 15, 2012

Emgold doubles size of its Koegel Rawhide gold-silver property, Nevada

Emgold Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EMR)(OTCBB:EGMCF)(FRANKFURT:EML) (the "Company" or "Emgold") is pleased to announce that it has staked 17 additional unpatented mining claims and doubled the size of its recently acquired…

February 15, 2012

Colombia to attract $2.1 billion in gold-related investments by 2015

Gold mining in Colombia is shining bright as major gold players are expected to invest U.S. $ 2,100 million by 2015, reports local newspaper La Republica.

February 15, 2012

Ritchie Bros. to sell three 18-foot high rock trucks in Fort Worth, TX in March

Three massive 2009 Komatsu rock trucks amongst more than 1,200 equipment items and trucks to be sold in two-day Texas auction (March 8 - 9, 2012)

February 15, 2012

Pacific Potash Discovers Potash in Alberta, Drills 10.01 Feet of 18.79% KCL at Provost

Pacific Potash Corporation (the "Company) (TSX VENTURE:PP)(OTCQX:PPOTF)(FRANKFURT:P9P) is pleased to provide results for the first wells drilled and cored within the company's 100 per cent owned Provost Potash Property, located…

February 15, 2012

AngloGold Ashanti profit increases to record $1.3bn; doubles dividend

AngloGold Ashanti posted record full-year adjusted headline earnings* of $1.3bn and boosted its dividend to further improve cash returns to shareholders.

February 15, 2012

International unionists to march in support of Rio Tinto locked-out Canadian workers

Unionists from around the world will gather in the Canadian city of Alma, Quebec, from March 30 to April 1, to express their support for locked-out Rio Tinto Alcan workers…

February 15, 2012

Fatal accident at Bokoni

VANCOUVER, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ - Anooraq Resources Corporation ("Anooraq" or the "Company") (TSXV: ARQ; NYSE Amex: ANO; JSE: ARQ) announces with deep regret that an employee was fatally injured…

February 15, 2012

Consolidated Goldfields Receives Assay Results Including 1.5m of 983 g/t Silver and 9.2m of 493.3 g/t Silver

Consolidated Goldfields Corporation ("Consolidated" or the "Company") (PINKSHEETS:CDGF) is very pleased to announce the receipt of additional assay results from its reverse circulation drill program at the Cahuilla gold-silver project…

February 15, 2012

Peru’s Conga Mine future in hands of foreign consultants

Peru’s long-running Conga mine dispute moved slightly forward on Tuesday after the government appointed foreign engineers to oversee an independent review of Newmont Mining Corp.'s stalled $4.8 billion gold project,…